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Trinitrotoluene vs Amatol - What's the difference?

trinitrotoluene | amatol |

As nouns the difference between trinitrotoluene and amatol

is that trinitrotoluene is a highly explosive yellow crystalline substance, (ch3c6h2(no2)3), obtained by reacting nitric acid with toluene while amatol is a high explosive made from a mixture of ammonium nitrate and trinitrotoluene.

trinitrotoluene

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A highly explosive yellow crystalline substance, (CH3C6H2(NO2)3), obtained by reacting nitric acid with toluene

    • Derived terms

    * TNT ----

    amatol

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • A high explosive made from a mixture of ammonium nitrate and trinitrotoluene