Editing Composition C (section)

==Development==
The original material was developed by the British during [[World War II]], and was used in the [[Gammon bomb]]. It was standardised as Composition C when introduced to US service. This material consisted of 88.3% RDX and a mineral oil-based plasticiser and [[phlegmatized|phlegmatiser]]. It suffered from a relatively limited range of serviceable temperatures, and was replaced by Composition C-2 around 1943, which would later be redeveloped around 1944 as Composition C-3. Research on a replacement for C-3 was begun prior to 1950, but the new generation of Composition C ([[C-4 (explosive)|C-4]]) did not begin pilot production until 1956.

===Composition===
Composition C-1 contained a slightly smaller proportion of RDX, but used an explosive plasticiser, which contained [[tetryl]], [[nitrocellulose]] and a mixture of nitroaromatics produced during the manufacture of TNT (containing [[trinitrotoluene]], [[dinitrotoluene]], and [[mononitrotoluene]]), and a trace of solvent.