R. Meyer J. Köhler A. Homburg Explosives

Dinitrotoluene
Dinitrotoluene
Dinitrotoluol; dinitrotoluène; DNT
yellow needles
empirical formula: C7H6N2O4
molecular weight: 182.1
energy of formation:
2,4-isomer: –70.0 kcal/kg = –292.8 kJ/kg
2,6-isomer: –38.1 kcal/kg = 159.5 kJ/kg
enthalpy of formation:
2,4-isomer: –89.5 kcal/kg = –374.7 kJ/kg
2,6-isomer: –57.6 kcal/kg = –241.2 kJ/kg
oxygen balance: –114.4%
nitrogen content: 15.38%
volume of explosion gases: 807 l/kg
heat of explosion:
2,4-isomer, (H2O liq.): 763 kcal/kg = 3192 kJ/kg
(H2O gas): 729 kcal/kg = 3050 kJ/kg
2,6-isomer, (H2O liq.): 795 kcal/kg = 3325 kJ/kg
(H2O gas): 761 kcal/kg = 3183 kJ/kg
specific energy: 70 mt/kg = 687 kJ/kg
density: 2,4-isomer 1.521 g/cm 3
2,6-isomer 1.538 g/cm 3
melting point, pure 2,4-isomer: 70.5 °C = 159°F
natural isomer mixture: about 35 °C = 95°F
vapor pressure of the 2,4-isomer:
Pressure Temperature
millibar °C °F
0.014 35 95
0.11 70 158 (melting point)
0.83 100 212
8.5 150 302
50.5 200 392
223 250 482
300 300 572
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