R. Meyer J. Köhler A. Homburg Explosives

253 Picratol
Picramic Acid
Dinitroaminophenol; acide picramique
empirical formula: C6H5N3O5
molecular weight: 199.1
energy of formation: –279 kcal/kg = –1167 kJ/kg
enthalpy of formation: –298 kcal/kg = –1248 kJ/kg
oxygen balance: –76.3%
nitrogen content: 21.11%
volume of explosion gases: 847 l/kg
heat of explosion
(H2O liq.): 639 kcal/kg = 2674 kJ/kg
specific energy: 68.2 mt/kg = 669 kJ/kg
melting point: 169.9 °C = 337.8 °F
lead block test: 166 cm3 /10 g
deflagration point: 240 °C = 464 °F
impact sensitivity: 3.5 pm m = 34 N m
friction sensitivity: up to 36 kp = 353 N
pistil load no reaction
critical diameter of steel sleeve test: 2.5 mm
Diazotization of picramic acid yields W Diazodinitrophenol (DDNP).
Lead picramate and DDNP are W Initiating Explosives.
Picratol
A 52:48 mixture of ammonium picrate and TNT was used as a bomb
filling in the Second World War.
casting density: 1.62 g/cm3 detonation velocity,
at casting density, confined: 22600ft/s