Definition of Amatol

1. Noun. A high explosive made from a mixture of ammonium nitrate and trinitrotoluene ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Amatol

1. a powerful explosive [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Amatol

amateurishly
amateurishness
amateurism
amateurisms
amateurs
amateurship
amateurships
amathophobia
amating
amation
amations
amative
amatively
amativenesses
amatol (current term)
amatols
amatorial
amatorially
amatorian
amatorily
amatorious
amatoxin
amatoxins
amatuer
amatungulu
amature
amatuximab
amauroses

Literary usage of Amatol

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Textbook of Organic Chemistry by Joseph Scudder Chamberlain (1921)
"amatol is such a mixed explosive and is used very largely for shells. ... eg, amatol 40/60 means 40 per cent ammonium nitrate and 60 per cent TNT ..."

2. Demobilization: Our Industrial and Military Demobilization After the by Benedict Crowell, Robert Forrest Wilson (1921)
"The shell-loading plant at amatol, New Jersey, was added to the arsenal ... The amatol Arsenal is being used principally as a depot for the storage of ..."

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