trinitrotoluene

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Amatol: a mixture of ammonium nitrate and trinitrotoluene, used for shell-filling.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar by Various

This aerial torpedo is a small missile carrying a charge of high explosive, such as trinitrotoluene, and depends for its detonation upon impact or a time fuse.

From Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War by Talbot, Frederick Arthur Ambrose

Mononitrotoluene is put in at one end of the plant and comes out as trinitrotoluene.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar by Various

It is made from carbolic acid and the famous trinitrotoluene is made from toluene, both of which you will find in the list of the ten fundamental "crudes."

From Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries by Slosson, Edwin E.

When it has persisted for five minutes, the color is discharged by the addition of a few drops of acetic acid, and the insoluble unattacked trinitrotoluene filtered off and washed with a little water.

From Organic Syntheses by Conant, James Bryant