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  2. TNT - Wikipedia

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    TNT is occasionally used as a reagent in chemical synthesis, but it is best known as an explosive material with convenient handling properties. The explosive yield of TNT is considered to be the standard comparative convention of bombs and asteroid impacts. In chemistry, TNT is used to generate charge transfer salts.

  3. Amatol - Wikipedia

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    Mixtures containing as little as 20% TNT were for less demanding uses. TNT is 50% deficient in oxygen. Amatol is oxygen balanced and is therefore more effective than pure TNT when exploding underground or underwater. Relatively unsophisticated cannery equipment can be adapted to amatol production. TNT is gently heated with steam or hot water ...

  4. Pentaerythritol tetranitrate - Wikipedia

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    PETN is used in a number of compositions. It is a major ingredient of theSemtex plastic explosive. It is also used as a component of pentolite, a castable mixture with TNT (usually 50/50 but may contain more TNT), which is, along with pure PETN, a common explosive for boosters for the blasting work (as in mining).

  5. The US is finally going to make a key explosive at home, and ...

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    The US hasn't produced TNT on American soil in decades, but a new contract issued by the military is going to change that.

  6. Muhlenberg County chosen for first domestic TNT ... - AOL

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    Kentucky has been chosen as the site for a $435 million TNT production facility as the United States resumes domestic production of the explosive for the first time since the 1980s, according to a ...

  7. Composition B - Wikipedia

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    Composition B (Comp B), also known as Hexotol and Hexolite (among others), is a high explosive consisting of castable mixtures of RDX and TNT. It is used as the main explosive filling in artillery projectiles, rockets, land mines, hand grenades, and various other munitions. [1]

  8. M107 projectile - Wikipedia

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    The body consists of a hollow steel shell containing high explosive (either TNT or Composition B) painted olive drab with yellow markings. [1] A fuze adapter is screwed into the body and brazed in place. An eyebolt lifting plug is screwed into the fuze well to assist in transportation. The plug is removed and replaced with a fuze for firing.

  9. Guanylurea dinitramide - Wikipedia

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    Blended in equal parts with TNT, GUDN forms the a melt-castable explosive known as GUNTOL. A variation adding 15% Aluminum is known as GUNTONAL. [5]