![]() ![]() The British started replacing Lyddite with TNT in 1907. TNT-filled armour-piercing shells would explode after they had penetrated the armour of British capital ships, whereas the British Lyddite-filled shells tended to explode upon striking armour, thus expending much of their energy outside the ship. ![]() The German armed forces adopted it as a filling for artillery shells in 1902. TNT can be safely poured when liquid into shell cases, and is so insensitive that in 1910 it was exempted from the UK's Explosives Act 1875 and was not considered an explosive for the purposes of manufacture and storage. Its explosive properties were discovered in 1891 by another German chemist, Carl Häussermann. Its potential as an explosive was not recognized for three decades, mainly because it was too difficult to detonate because it was less sensitive than alternatives. ![]() TNT was first prepared in 1863 by German chemist Julius Wilbrand and originally used as a yellow dye. In chemistry, TNT is used to generate charge transfer salts. The explosive yield of TNT is considered to be the standard comparative convention of bombs and asteroid impacts. ![]() TNT is occasionally used as a reagent in chemical synthesis, but it is best known as an explosive material with convenient handling properties. Trinitrotoluene ( / ˌ t r aɪ ˌ n aɪ t r oʊ ˈ t ɒ lj u iː n/), more commonly known as TNT, more specifically 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene, and by its preferred IUPAC name 2-methyl-1,3,5-trinitrobenzene, is a chemical compound with the formula C 6H 2(NO 2) 3CH 3. ![]()
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