trinitrotoluene in English

noun

[tri·ni·tro·tol·u·ene || traɪ‚naɪtrəʊ'tɑljʊɪːn /-'tɒl-]

TNT, explosive used in military and other applications (Chemistry)

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1. Amatol definition is - an explosive consisting of ammonium nitrate and trinitrotoluene.

2. Amatol is an explosive mixture of AMMONIUM NITRATE and TRINITROTOLUENE. Both components react with oxidizing agents

3. What does Amatol mean? A highly explosive mixture of ammonium nitrate and trinitrotoluene

4. The other constituents may include nitro-derivatives such as trinitrotoluene, hydrocarbons or aluminium powder.

5. Amatol is an explosive mixture of AMMONIUM NITRATE and TRINITROTOLUENE. Both components react with oxidizing agents

6. Used in military explosives such as Amatols, ammonals, manols, and amatexes as a partial replacement for alpha-2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) or cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine (RDX)

7. 15 The injurious conditions of crystalline lens were examined for 156 workers exposed to trinitrotoluene(TNT) and the affecting factors to injury caused by TNT were analysed.

8. 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene are cyclotols (mixtures with RDX), octols (mixtures with HMX), Amatols (mixtures with ammonium nitrate), and tritonals (mixtures with aluminum) (Eveleth and Kollonitsch 1990; Gibbs and Popolato 1980)

9. 4.3. || Other explosives not controlled by the EU Common Military List and related substances as follows: (a) amatol; (b) nitrocellulose (containing more than 12,5 % nitrogen); (c) nitroglycol; (d) pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN); (e) picryl chloride; (f) 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT).

10. Here we report an analysis of the damage from the Airburst of an asteroid about 19 metres (17 to 20 metres) in diameter southeast of Chelyabinsk, Russia, on 15 February 2013, estimated to have an energy equivalent of approximately 500 (±100) kilotons of trinitrotoluene (TNT, where 1 kiloton of TNT = 4.185×10(12) joules).