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The second fact that makes TNT explosive is that it is chemically unstable - the nitro groups are so closely packed that they experience a great deal of strain and hindrance to movement from their neighbouring groups.
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Explosive material - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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An explosive material is a substance that either is chemically or otherwise energetically unstable or produces a sudden expansion of the material after initiation, usually accompanied by the product...
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Encyclopedia article about TNT (explosive). Information about TNT (explosive) in the Columbia Encyclopedia, Computer Desktop Encyclopedia, computing dictionary. ... (redirected from TNT (explosive))
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Trinitrotoluene, commonly known as TNT, is a constituent of many explosives, such as amatol, pentolite, tetrytol, torpex, tritonal, picratol, ednatol, and composition B. It has been used under such names as Triton, Trotyl, ... TNT can be used as a booster or as a bursting charge for high-explosive shells and bombs...
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As an explosive it can be used for blasting, such as in early use in the United States it was adapted to blow oil wells to increase the flow of oil. Three specific cases are a good show dynamite as an extremely productive and efficient substance. ... In Nevada, a mine, Sutro, was blown with TNT in 1864-74.
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It is commonly known as TNT and is an explosive used in military shells, bombs, and grenades, in industrial uses, and in underwater blasting. ... Since 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene is explosive, flammable, and toxic, EPA has designated it as a hazardous waste.
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A laboratory scale study on the effects of smalll percentages of the anticracking explosive additive, 2,2',4,4',6,6' hexanitrostilbene (HNS), on the physical characteristics (i.e., cracking, density, exudation, crystal pattern, and dimensional growth) of small billets of TNT and TNT-based explosive compositions was ...
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However, relatively few microorganisms have been described as being able to use nitroaromatic compounds as nitrogen and/or carbon and energy source. The best-known nitroaromatic compound is the explosive TNT (2,4,6-trinitrotoluene).
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