Ammonal is an explosive made up of ammonium nitrate and aluminum powder. Not to be confused with T-ammonal which contains trinitrotoluene as well to increase properties such as brisance. The ammonium nitrate functions as an oxidizer and the aluminum as fuel. The use of the relatively cheap ammonium nitrate and aluminum makes it a replacement for p...
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• (n.) An explosive consisting of a mixture of powdered aluminium and nitrate of ammonium.
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(from the article `ammonium nitrate`) ...artificial fertilizers. Ammonium nitrate also is employed to modify the detonation rate of other explosives, such as nitroglycerin in the ...
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Am'mo·nal` noun [
Ammon ium +
al uminium.] An explosive consisting of a mixture of powdered aluminium and nitrate of ammonium.
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a high explosive consisting chiefly of powdered aluminum, ammonium nitrate, and TNT.
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