R. Meyer J. Köhler A. Homburg Explosives

Trinitroaniline
Trinitroaniline
Picramid: TNA
orange red crystals
empirical formula: C6H4N4O6
molecular weight: 228.1
energy of formation: –69.8 kcal/kg = –292.2 kJ/kg
enthalpy of formation: –88.0 kcal/kg = –368.1 kJ/kg
oxygen balance: –56.1%
nitrogen content: 24.56%
volume of explosion gases: 838 l/kg
heat of explosion
(H2O liq.): 858 kcal/kg = 3589 kJ/kg
(H2O gas): 834 kcal/kg = 3488 kJ/kg
density: 1.762 g/cm3 melting point: 188 °C = 370 °F
lead block test: 310 cm3 /10 g
detonation velocity, confined:
7300 m/s at r = 1.72 g/cm3 deflagration point: 346 °C = 654 °F
impact sensitivity: 1.5 kp m = 15 N m
friction sensitivity: at 36 kp = 353 N
pistil load no reaction
critical diameter of steel sleeve test: 3.5 mm
Trinitroaniline is prepared by reacting trinitrochlorobenzene with ammonia
or by nitration of 4-nitroaniline.
Trinitroanisole
methyl picrate: 2,4,6-trinitrophenylmethylether;
Pikrinsäuremethylether Methoxytrinitrobenzol
pale yellow crystals
empirical formula: C7H5N3O7
molecular weight: 243.1
energy of formation: –131.0 kcal/kg = –548.2 kJ/kg
enthalpy of formation: –150.6 kcal/kg = –630.1 kJ/kg
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