Trinitrotoluene

Definition: Trinitrotoluene

Trinitrotoluene

Noun

1. Explosive consisting of a yellow crystalline compound that is a flammable toxic derivative of toluene.

Domain	Definition
Public Administration	Chemical name for the explosive TNT. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene

Trinitrotoluene (TNT) is a pale yellow crystalline, aromatic hydrocarbon compound that melts at 81 °C. Trinitrotoluene is an explosive chemical and a part of many explosive mixtures, such as when mixed with ammonium nitrate to form amatol. It is prepared by the nitration of toluene (C₆H₅CH₃), it has a chemical formula of C₆H₂(NO₂)₃CH₃.

In its refined form, Trinitrotoluene is fairly stable, and unlike nitroglycerine, it is relatively insensitive to friction, blows or jarring. This means that it must be set off by a detonator. It does not react with metals or absorb water, and so is very stable for storage over long periods of time, unlike dynamite. But it is readily acted upon by alkalis to form unstable compounds that are very sensitive to heat and impact.

The specific combustion energy of TNT is 4.6 MJ/kg, hence 1 kt TNT = 4.6 TJ (terajoule), 1 Mt TNT = 4.6 PJ (petajoule).

Note that non-nuclear explosives release less energy per kilogram than everyday household products like fat (38 MJ/kg) or sugar (17 MJ/kg); they do, however, release their combustion energy much more rapidly.

Synonym: Trinitrotoluene

Synonym: TNT (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Arms	High explosive; trinitrotoluene, TNT; dynamite, melinite, cordite, lyddite, plastic explosive, plastique; pyroxyline.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Trinitrotoluene

Specialty definitions using "trinitrotoluene": AN-TNT slurry ♦ nuclear yield ♦ trinitrotoluene-ammonium nitrate explosive. (references)

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "trinitrotoluene"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		trotyl, trinitrotoluen, TNT. (various references)

Dutch		trotyl, trinitrotolueen, TNT, 2,4,6-trinitrolueen. (various references)

Finnish		trinitrotolueeni, TNT. (various references)

French		Trinitrotoluène, trinitro-2,4,6 toluene, tolite, TNT, T.N.T.. (various references)

German		Trinitrotoluol (T.N.T.). (various references)

Greek		τρινιτροτολουόλη, τρινιτροτολουένιο, τρινιτολουόλη (trinitrotoluol). (various references)

Italian		tritolo, trinitrotoluolo, trinitrotoluene, alpha-trinitrotoluene. (various references)

Pig Latin		initrotoluenetray

Portuguese		trinitrotolueno (trinitrotoluol). (various references)

Romanian		trinitrotoluen. (various references)

Russian		тротил (trotyl). (various references)

Spanish		trinitrotoluol (T.N.T.), trinitrotoluleno, trinitrotolueno (T.N.T.), trinitro 2,4,6 tolueno, TNT (T.N.T.). (various references)

Swedish		trotyl (trotyl). (various references)

Turkish		trinitrotoluen. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "trinitrotoluene": trinitrotoluenes. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-e-i-i-l-n-n-o-o-r-r-t-t-t-u"
	-5 letters: interliner.
	Words containing the letters "e-e-i-i-l-n-n-o-o-r-r-t-t-t-u"
	+1 letter: trinitrotoluenes.
	+3 letters: counterretaliation.
	+4 letters: counterretaliations.
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Expression	Frequency per Day
trinitrotoluene	19
tnt trinitrotoluene	3
isomers trinitrotoluene	2
pentaerythritol tetranitrate trinitrotoluene	2
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Trinitrotoluene

Definition: Trinitrotoluene