R. Meyer J. Köhler A. Homburg Explosives

339 Tracers
Table 40. Data of the non-symmetrical TNT Isomers
TNT
Isomer
Melting Point Heat of Fusion Beginning of
Decomposition
°C °F kcal/kg kJ/kg °C °F
2,3,4- 112 234 25.8 108 282 540
2,3,5- 97 207 20.3 85 283 542
2,3,6- 108 226 24.9 104 280 536
2,4,5- 104 219 26.3 110 262 504
3,4,5- 132 270 21.2 89 288 550
TNT
Isomer
Energy of
Formation
kcal/kg
Enthalpy of
Formation
kJ/kg
kcal/kg kJ/kg
2,3,4- +34.2 +143 +15.9 + 67
2,3,5- – 5.9 – 25 –24.2 –101
2,3,6- + 0.7 + 3 –17.6 – 74
2,4,5- + 2.0 + 8 –16.3 – 68
3,4,5- +13.0 + 54 – 5.3 – 22
Toe
Fuß-Vorgabe; distance entre le trou et la surface libre din massit
The perpendicular distance from blast hole to the free face measured
at the floor elevation of the quarry pit.
Torpex
Castable mixtures of RDX (Hexogen), TNT, and aluminum powder, e.g.
a 41:41:18 mixture. It contains 1% added wax. Other phlegmatized
mixtures of similar compositions are W DBX and W HBX.
density: 1.81 g/cm3 detonation velocity, confined:
7600 m/s = 24900ft/s at r = 1.81 g/cm3 Tracers
Leuchtspur; compositions lumineuses
Tracers are slowly burning pyrotechnical compositions, used in tracer
bullets, signalling cartridges, tracer rockets, and light-track shells. The
colored flame is due to the presence of added salts such as sodium,
barium, strontium, and copper salts. The signalling formulations also