EXPLOSIVES & MIXTURES

• TNT ALSO KNOWN AS TRITOL, TRITON, TOLLITE

OR TROTYL
• TNT GR.I A USED IN EXPLODER. SET POINT 80.4
DEGREE CENTIGRADE TO 80.9 DEGREE
CENTIGRADE.
• TNT GR. I B IN SHELL FILLING S.P. 80 TO 80.9 0 C.
• TNT GR.II IN MINE FILLING
• C.E --- ALSO CALLED TETRYL
• RDX KNOWN AS CYCLO TRI METHYLENE TRI
NITRAMINE. IT IS NEVER FILLED ALONE. IT IS
FILLED AS RDX/WAX (7.9% WAX) OR RDX/TNT
60:40 FOR PROJECTILE TO REDUCE ITS FIGURE OF
INSENSITIVITY.
• PETN: PENTA ERITHRYTOL TETRA NITRATE
 BINARY EXPLOSIVES
• BINARY EXPLOSIVES :- ECONOMISING THE COST
OF EXPLOSIVES AS WELL AS PRINCIPLE
WARFARE COMBINATION
• TETRYTOL : CE/TNT : TETRYL + TOLLITE 70:30,
80:20 Or 75:25. HERE TNT IS MELTED FIRST AS ITS
MELTING POINT IS LOWER THAN CE. THEN CE IS
ADDED TO IT & STIRRED
• PROPERTIES : BRISANCE 93% OF CE., POWER 110
TO 120% OF TNT, DENSITY 1.60 TO 1.61. USED FOR
DEMOLITION PURPOSES.
• TRITINOL : TRITON + AL . RATIO 80:20, 70:30 .
HERE ALUMINIUM IS TO EVOLVE MORE HEAT.
HENCE WHENEVER MORE HEAT IS REQUIRED
THIS EXPLOSIVE MIXTURE IS PREFERED
 BINARY EXPLOSIVES
• WET METHOD FOR FILLING : TNT IS MELTED
FIRST AND ALUMINIUM IS ADDED MIXED &
TAKEN FOR FILLING.
• DRY METHOD FOR PELLET LIKE SMOKE PELLET
IN I.F.G. , WHERE FLAKE TNT AND ALUMINIUM
ARE SEIVED AND MIXED AND TAKEN FOR
HYDRAULIC PRESSING IN TO PELLETS.
• AMATOL : TNT AND AMMONIUM NITRATE 50:50
OR 40:60 OR 20:80
• TNT IS MELTED FIRST & AMMONIUM NITRATE IS
ADDED & STIRRED & SOLIDIFIED
• PROPERTIES :- DENSITY 1.59 TO 1.60, POWER 120
TO 124 % OF TNT. BRISANCE 150% OF TNT. VOD &
POWER DEPENDS UPON PERCENTAGE
COMBINATION OF COMPOSITION. ROUGHLY VOD
IS 5900 MTS/SEC ACHIEVED MAXIMUM.
 BINARY EXPLOSIVES
• ADVANTAGES :-BETTER POWER,
BRISANCE, ECONOMIC COST OF TNT .
DISADVANTAGE IS AMMO. NITRATE IS
HYGROSCOPIC . HENCE AS SUCH SHELL
LIFE IS REDUCED. IN WET CONDITION
AMATOL IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH
COPPER AND TIN. IN AMATOL FILLING
PRECAUTION IS TAKEN FOR TOPPING, TO
BE DONE BY TNT TO RESTRICT THE
MOISTURE.
• MINOL : IT IS A MIXTURE OF AMATOL AND
ALUMINIUM . THE RATIOS ARE 40:40:20.
 BINARY EXPLOSIVES
• MOLTEN TNT AT 90 DEGREE CENTIGRADE IS TAKEN IN
WHICH DRIED AMMO. NITRATE AND ALUMINUM IS ADDED
AND LIQUID STAGE FILLING IS CARRIED OUT.
• PROPERTIES :- DENSITY 1.65, VOD= 5900 MTS/SEC.
• DUE TO PRESENCE OF ALUMINIUM, IT IS USED IN CASE OF
DEMOLITION PURPOSE AMMUNITIONS, WHERE MORE
THERMAL ENERGY IS REQUIRED.
• AMMONALS :- IT IS A COMBINATION OF TNT + AMMONIUM
NITRATE + AL +CHARCOAL IN THE RATIO OF 65 : 15 : 17 : 3%
• AMATOL IS FIRST PREPARED. THEN ADD DRY AMMONIUM
NITRATE & CHAR COAL PASSED THOUGH SPECIFIED SEIVE.
THIS IS USED IN BUNGLOW TARPEDOS TO DEMOLISH
FENCING.
• BARONAL : BARIUM NITRATE , TNT & ALUMINIUM
• BARATOL : BARIUM STYPHNATE & TNT
 BINARY EXPLOSIVES
• COMPOSITION B ( CYCLOTOL) : RDX/TNT and wax =
50:50, 60:40, 70:30 OR 75:25, 80:20 .
• TNT IS MELTED IN STEAM JACKETED CAN AND
RDX IS ADDED. RDX IS ALWAYS STORED IN
MOIST CONDITION. HENCE TEMPERATURE IS
KEPT 95 DEGREE CENTIGRADE TO EVAPORATE
MOISTURE.HOMOGENEOUS MIXTURE IS MADE
BY STIRRING . 1% WAX IS ADDED TO AVOID
EARLIER SOLIDIFICATION OF RDX AND TO AVOID
SETTLEMENT OF DENSER MATERIAL AT
BOTTOM. IT CAN NOW BE DIRECTLY POURED IN
AMMUNITION OR AFTER SOLIDIFICATION
BROKEN IN TO BISCUITS FORM & PACKED.WAX
IS ADDED TO HAVE PROPER HOMOGENITY AND
TO ADJUST THE VISCOCITY OF FUEL.
 BINARY EXPLOSIVES
• IN SOLID IT IS FOUND THAT SOME PART OF RDX
DISSOLVES IN TNT HENCE WE WOULD NOT GET 50 : 50
RATIO OF BOTH. WE MAY GET 45% OF RDX. THIS IS KNOWN
AS EUTECTIC MIXTURE.
• PROPERTIES VOD=113% TNT, BRISANCE =90 % OF RDX.
• ADVANTAGE IS THAT THE MIXTURE CAN BE MELT
LOADED.
• TORPEX :- RDX + TNT + AL AS 42:40:18
• PREPARATION :- IN MOLTEN TNT AT 90 DEGREE CELCIUS
ADD MOIST RDX STIRR AND ADD ALUMINIUM
• BRISANCE 98 TO 99 % RDX & 122 % OF TNT. VOD=110 % OF
TNT. DENSITY 1.8. THIS HAS TREMENDOUS BLAST OR
THERMAL EFFECT.
• PTX-1 : 30%RDX, 50% TETRYL & 20%TNT
• PTX-2 : 41-44% RDX, 26-28% PETN & 28-33% TNT
• PVA-4 : 90% RDX, 8% PVA & 2% DBP
• RIPE : 85% RDX & 15% GULF CROWN E- OIL
• PIPE : 81% PETN & 19% GULF CROWN E - OIL
 BINARY EXPLOSIVES
• COMPOSIION “A” :- 88.3% RDX + 11.7 %
NON-EXPLOSIVE PLASTICISER LIKE WAX
• FOR RDX PRESS FILLING. WAX REDUCES F.
OF I. OF RDX. IT ALSO ACTS AS
PLASTICISER.
• PENTOLITE :- 50% PETN + 50% TNT
• PETN IS VERY SENSITIVE. IT IS MIXED
WITH TNT OR WAX . EQUAL PROPORTION
OF PETN & TNT IS USED AS A BURSTING
CHARGE FOR GRANADES. IT IS NON
HYGROSCOPIC. DRY PENTOLITE HAS NO
ACTION ON MILD STEEL, COPPER, BRASS,
AL, Zn, BUT 0.5% OF MOISTURE HAS
SLIGHT ACTION ON Cu, Zn OR BRASS.
 BINARY EXPLOSIVES
• PENTOLITE PREPARATION:- PETN IS
STORED IN MOIST CONDITION. IT IS
PREPARED BY STIRRING PETN SUSPENDED
IN WATER.TNT LIQUID AT 90 0 C IS POURED
AND OVER COATING OF TNT OVER PETN IS
OBTAINED. MOISTURE IS SEPERATED OUT
BY HEATING.
• PROPERTIES :- VOD 108% OF TNT,
BRISANCE 114% OF TNT & POWER 122% OF
TNT
• Picratol : 52% Picric Acid & 48% TNT
• H6 : 45% RDX, 30% TNT, 20% ALUMINIUM &
5% WAX
• OCTOL : 75% HMX & 25% TNT
• Explosive/Explo. Comp. Application
• TNT + Wax Armour Piercing Shell
• RDX/TNT/WAX Modern steel alloy shell used
for HEAT Ammn.
• RDX/TNT/HMX/WAX HEAT Shell
• RDX/WAX HESH Shell
• Torpex : RDX/TNT/Al Torpedo warhead
• Dentex : RDX/TNT/Al Special filling used for War
• RDX/Al/Wax Armour Piercing Shell
• Ammo. Nitrate/TNT Bombs & Mines
• CE / TNT (70:30) Demolition Charge
• CE / TNT (30:70) As Grade Filling