6-Trinitrophenylmethylnitramine or tetryl (C7H5N5O8) is an explosive compound used to make detonators and explosive booster charges. Tetryl is a nitramine booster...

though it was superseded due to the inherent danger of picrate formation. Tetryl replaced picric acid because it is more stable, and was once a very popular...

smaller proportion of RDX, but used an explosive plasticiser, which contained tetryl, nitrocellulose and a mixture of nitroaromatics produced during the manufacture...

TNOC, TNOF, TNP, TNT, TNN, TNPG, TNR, BTNEN, BTNEC, API, TNS TetraNitro: Tetryl, HMX HexaNitro: HNS, HNIW HeptaNitro: HNC OctaNitro: ONC Mononitrates: AN...

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...

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...

earlier. Other names arose in the 1860s: "butyl hydride", "hydride of tetryl" and "tetryl hydride", "diethyl" or "ethyl ethylide" and others. August Wilhelm...

facility for nitrocellulose (NC), trinitrotoluene (TNT), dinitrotoluene (DNT), tetryl, and single-base smokeless powder. The facility, operated by DuPont, had...

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...

minimum initiating charge required is 0.2 grams of lead azide or 0.1 grams of tetryl. The results of 100 °C heat test are: 0.13% loss in the first 48 hours,...

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...

but ground contamination may exist in very old plants. However, RDX and tetryl contamination is usually considered more problematic, as TNT has very low...

7,300 1.20 Tetrytol (70% tetryl + 30% TNT) 1.60 7,370 1.20 Dynamite, Nobel's (75% NG + 23% diatomite) 1.48 7,200 1.25 Tetryl 1.71 7,770 1.25 Torpex (aka...

Bernecker, R. (1977). "DDT Behavior of Waxed Mixtures of RDX, HMX, and Tetryl" (PDF). Naval Surface Weapons Center. Archived (PDF) from the original on...

mechanism No. 58 fuze, built from No. 30 Pistol (impact detonation) or No. 47 time delay fuze inserted into tetryl boosters in the rear of the casing....

flips forward into the stab detonator, firing both it and the adjacent tetryl booster which triggers detonation of the main TNT explosive filling. It...

bombs as insensitive to shock PIPE 81% PETN and 19% oil PTX-1 30% RDX, 50% tetryl and 20% TNT PTX-2 41-44% RDX, 26-28% PETN and 28-33% TNT PVA-4 90% RDX,...

Diameter: 70 mm Weight: 85 g Explosive content: 45 g of Tolite and 15 g of Tetryl Operating pressure: 5 kg Brassey's Essential Guide To Anti-Personnel Landmines...

liquid or molten aromatic nitro compounds, e.g. trinitrotoluene (TNT) or tetryl. Due to steric hindrance of the adjacent neopentyl-like moiety, PETN is...

It has a steel casing with a central, main fuze well, below which is a tetryl booster charge, both surrounded by the main explosive filling of TNT. The...

as a detonator, in combination with an explosive booster charge such as tetryl. The explosive charges hidden in HMS Campbeltown during the St. Nazaire...

an internal floating firing pin mechanism detonates a small capsule of tetryl which in turn ignites the white phosphorus in the nose of the projectile...

either 5.4 lb (2.4 kg) of TNT or 5.7 lb (2.6 kg) of tetrytol (a mixture of tetryl and TNT). It was used during the Second World War. The practice version...

and reactive toward electrophiles. For example, it is nitrated to produce tetryl, a derivative with four nitro groups which was once used as explosive. It...

Model 61 Model 63 Diameter 35 mm Height 270 mm Weight 125 g 100 g Explosive content 57 g of TNT 30 g of Tetryl Operating pressure 18 kg...

problems with incomplete detonation of the filler, and the M26A1 featured a tetryl booster to ensure complete detonation. The M61 grenade was the product of...

and respiratory distress.[medical citation needed] Aniline Picric acid Tetryl "2,4,6-TRINITROANILINE | CAMEO Chemicals | NOAA". "Definitions and Information...

(Metol), dinitro-ortho-cresol, aniline, trinitrophenylmethylnitramine (tetryl), hexanitrodiphenylamine (aurantia), phenylenediamines, and paraquat. The...

Diazodinitrophenol DDNP 7,100 1.63 Aromatic Trinitroaniline TNA 7,300 1.72 Aromatic Tetryl 7,570 1.71 Aromatic Picric acid TNP 7,350 1.70 Aromatic Ammonium picrate...

initiator. It can be chained with another explosive booster, often a pellet of tetryl, RDX or some PBX (e.g., PBX 9407). Detonators without such booster are called...