What does the compound tritonal do when ignited???...tom science?

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What does the compound tritonal do when ignited???...tom science?

and why is it so explosive???...tom science

2006-07-17 06:30:17 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry

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Tritonal is a mixture of TNT (80 percent) and aluminum powder (20 percent). The aluminum improves the brisance of the TNT -- the speed at which the explosive develops its maximum pressure. The addition of aluminum makes tritonal about 18 percent more powerful than TNT alone
http://nucnews.net/nucnews/2005nn/0504nn/050423nn.txt it's in there somewhere

2006-07-17 06:49:43 · answer #1 · answered by metronome 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋

wow mix 2 explosives together and you get a bigger boom

2006-07-17 06:59:35 · answer #2 · answered by shiara_blade 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋