- 6-Trinitrophenylmethylnitramine or
tetryl (C7H5N5O8) is an
explosive compound used to make
detonators and
explosive booster charges.
Tetryl is a
nitramine booster...
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though it was su****ded due to the
inherent danger of
picrate formation.
Tetryl replaced picric acid
because it is more stable, and was once a very po****r...
- The
bursting charge of
tetryl weighed 0.10 lb (45 g), and the
alternate Composition "A"
charge weighs 0.105 lb (48 g). The
tetryl loading consisted of a...
- TNP, TNT, TNN, TNPG, TNR, BTNEN, BTNEC,
Ammonium picrate, TNS TetraNitro:
Tetryl, HMX HexaNitro: HNS, HNIW,
HHTDD HeptaNitro:
Heptanitrocubane OctaNitro:...
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smaller proportion of RDX, but used an
explosive plasticiser,
which contained tetryl,
nitrocellulose and a
mixture of
nitroaromatics produced during the manufacture...
- and
quarrying operations. They also
often use a
small amount of TNT or
tetryl in
military detonators and PETN in
commercial detonators. The
first blasting...
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facility for
nitrocellulose (NC),
trinitrotoluene (TNT),
dinitrotoluene (DNT),
tetryl, and single-base
smokeless powder. The facility,
operated by DuPont, had...
- and has
deeper serrations to aid in fragmentation. It also
added a
small tetryl booster charge on its fuze to
completely detonate the
explosive filler (displaced...
- earlier.
Other names arose in the 1860s: "butyl hydride", "hydride of
tetryl" and "
tetryl hydride", "diethyl" or "ethyl ethylide" and others.
August Wilhelm...
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mixture of
tetryl and TNT. Typically, the
proportion of
ingredients (by weight) is 65%, 70%, 75% or 80%
tetryl to 35%, 30%, 25% or 20% TNT.
Tetryl and TNT...
