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Amatol is a
highly explosive material made from a
mixture of TNT and
ammonium nitrate. The
British name
originates from the
words ammonium and toluene...
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Amobarbital (formerly
known as
amylobarbitone or
sodium amytal as the
soluble sodium salt) is a drug that is a
barbiturate derivative. It has sedative-hypnotic...
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filling in
World War I. TNT and
Amatol were
approximately 20% less
sensitive to
shock and
hence safer than lyddite, and
Amatol 80/20 cost only 7d per pound...
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explosive blends containing TNT include:
Amatex (ammonium
nitrate and RDX)
Amatol (ammonium nitrate)
Baratol (barium
nitrate and wax)
Composition B (RDX and...
- 60/40,
amatol containing 60% Trotyl,
codename "13"). Cast Füllpulver 50/50 (Fp. 50/50,
amatol with 50% Trotyl,
codename "13A"). Cast
Amatol 39 (50% 1...
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kilograms (121 lb). The bomb was
usually filled with a
mixture of 40%
amatol and 60% Trotyl, but when used as an anti-shipping bomb it was
filled with...
- tail
attachment brace. The bomb was
usually filled with a
mixture of 40%
amatol and 60% Trotyl, but when used as an anti-shipping bomb it was
filled with...
- nitrostarch,
ammonium nitrate, and
sodium nitrate), 1.85 oz (52 g) of a 50/50
amatol/nitrostarch mixture, or 1.85 oz (52 g) of
Grenite (a
mixture of 95% nitrostarch...
- (HE)
round Projectile weight: 9 kg (20 lb)
Explosive filler: 0.9 kg of
amatol (3765 Kilojoules)
Propellant weight: 2.55 kg (5.6 lb)–2.95 kg (6.5 lb) 8...
- was a barrel-like
casing containing a high
explosive (usually TNT, but
amatol was also used when TNT
became scarce).
There were
initially two sizes—Type...
