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Pink water and red water are two distinct types of wastewater related to trinitrotoluene. [34] Pink water is produced from equipment washing processes after munitions filling or demilitarization operations, [ 35 ] [ 36 ] and as such is generally saturated with the maximum amount of TNT that will dissolve in water (about 150 parts per million ...
2,4,6-Trinitrobenzoic acid is prepared by oxidation of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT). It is formed by oxidation of TNT and nitric acid with chlorate [2] and with dichromate. [3] Upon heating, 2,4,6-trinitrobenzoic acid undergoes decarboxylation to give 1,3,5-trinitrobenzene. [4]
Nitration of toluene gives mono-, di-, and trinitrotoluene, all of which are widely used. Dinitrotoluene is the precursor to toluene diisocyanate, a precursor to polyurethane foam. Trinitrotoluene (TNT) is an explosive. Complete hydrogenation of toluene gives methylcyclohexane. The reaction requires a high pressure of hydrogen and a catalyst.
Explosive, blasting, type B ... dry or wetted with less than 25 percent water (or ... Trinitrotoluene mixtures containing Trinitrobenzene and Hexanitrostilbene ...
Picric acid was the first strongly explosive nitrated organic compound widely considered suitable to withstand the shock of firing in conventional artillery. Nitroglycerine and nitrocellulose (guncotton) were available earlier, but shock sensitivity sometimes caused detonation in an artillery barrel at the time of firing.
The velocity of detonation is an important indicator for overall energy and power of detonation, and in particular for the brisance or shattering effect of an explosive which is due to the detonation pressure. The pressure can be calculated using Chapman-Jouguet theory from the velocity and density.
Amatol is a highly explosive material made from a mixture of TNT and ammonium nitrate. [1] The British name originates from the words ammonium and toluene (the precursor of TNT). Similar mixtures (one part dinitronaphthalene and seven parts ammonium nitrate) were known as Schneiderite in France.
However, there were no discernable patterns or any correlation between the sampling results of the two detector systems. The study also found that the traces of explosive-related compounds (ERCs) are largely transported through the movement of water in the soil rather than by molecular diffusion. In regards to the Fido explosive detector's ...