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This study highlights the importance of obtaining high-quality structural information on energetic materials over a range of temperatures and pressures. The high-pressure/high-temperature polymorph of RDX has been determined and has been shown to be distinct from the highly metastable β-form at ambient conditions, with which is it has previously been confused. This has led to it being re-named the ε-form. Furthermore, an equation of state has been obtained for RDX up to a maximum pressure of 23 GPa. At no point during this study was a transition to δ-RDX observed, contrary to previous spectroscopic results.
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Millar, D.I.A. (2012). General Remarks. In: Energetic Materials at Extreme Conditions. Springer Theses. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23132-2_7
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