1. Systematic name: 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene

2. TNT molecule

3. TNT yellow crystalline aromatic hydrocarbon compound explosive
part of many explosive mixtures, such as when mixed with ammonium nitrate to form amatol
Another variation called minol

4. History made in 1863 by a German chemist Joseph Wilbrand
The German armed forces adopted it as an artillery shell filling in 1902
it gaves the German Navy particular advantage in the First World War

5. TNT vs Nitroglycerin potential of TNT was not seen for several years
doesn’t react with metals or absorb water
very stable, unlike nitroglycerin
must be set off
by a detonator

6. TNT as a unit of energy expressing nuclear weapon yield
a specific combustion energy of TNT of 4.184 MJ/kg
1 kt TNT = 4.184 TJ

7. Preparation
is prepared by the nitration of toluene C6H5CH3

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Martin Šedina