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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
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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