Editing HMX (section)

==Synthesis==
HMX is more complicated to manufacture than most explosives, and this confines it to specialist applications. It and [[RDX]] are both produced by the [[RDX#Bachmann process|Bachmann process]]—nitration of [[hexamine]] using a mixture of [[ammonium nitrate]] and [[nitric acid]] in a mixture of [[acetic acid]] and [[acetic anhydride]] as solvent—with the major product determined by the specific reaction conditions.<ref name="globalsecurity1">{{cite web|author=John Pike |url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/explosives-nitramines.htm |title=Nitramine Explosives |publisher=Globalsecurity.org |date=1996-06-19 |access-date=2012-05-24}}</ref>