R. Meyer J. Köhler A. Homburg Explosives

2,4,6-Trinitrophenylnitraminoethyl Nitrate
enthalpy of formation: –208.4 kcal/kg = –871.9 kJ/kg
oxygen balance: – 45.3%
nitrogen content: 17.61%
volume of explosion gases: 878 l/kg
heat of explosion
(H2O liq.): 935 kcal/kg = 3911 kJ/kg
(H2O gas): 906 kcal/kg = 3792 kJ/kg
specific energy: 115 mt/kg =1131 kJ/kg
density: 1.68 g/cm 3
melting point: 104.5 °C = 219.6 °F
lead block test: 350 cm 3 /10 g
detonation velocity, confined:
7600 m/s = 25000ft/s at r = 1.65 g/cm 3
deflagration point: >300 °C = >570 °F
impact sensitivity: 0.8 kp m = 7.9 N m
The compound is insoluble in water, but soluble in acetone and
toluene. It is very stable and gelatinizes nitrocellulose on heating.
It is prepared by nitration of the corresponding dinitro compound.
2,4,6-Trinitrophenylnitraminoethyl Nitrate
Trinitrophenylethanolnitraminnitrat; nitrate de
trinitrophenylnitramineéthyl; Pentryl
yellowish crystals
empirical formula: C8H6N6O11
molecular weight: 362.2
oxygen balance: –35.4%
nitrogen content: 23.19%
density: 1.75 g/cm 3
melting point: 128 °C = 262 °F
lead block test: 450 cm 3 /10 g
deflagration point: 235 °C = 455 °F
impact sensitivity: 0.4 kp m = 4 N m
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The compound is soluble in water, sparingly soluble in common organic
solvents, but is soluble in nitroglycerine. Its stability is satisfactory,
but one of the five NO2-groups in the molecule is a nitrate
rather than a nitro group, so that the compound cannot be as stable as
e.g., TNT.