trinitrotoluene

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Fumyl is a smoke-producing explosive, and contains trinitrotoluene and ammonium chloride.

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

Toxol is a mixture of trinitrotoluene and trinitroxylene.

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

The heat of neutralization raises the temperature to 45-55'0, but the latter temperature should not be exceeded, since any trinitrobenzene formed at this point would later be removed with the unreacted trinitrotoluene.

From Organic Syntheses by Conant, James Bryant

The Germans did not develop this explosive as much as the Entente Powers, who effected great economy of trinitrotoluene.

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