Jump to content

Tritonal

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Stillnotelf (talk | contribs) at 17:01, 26 April 2016 (linky impulse). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

For the musical group, see Tritonal (band). For the musical interval, see Tritone.

Tritonal is a mixture of 80% TNT and 20% aluminium powder, used in several types of ordnance such as air-dropped bombs. The aluminium improves the total heat output and hence impulse of the TNT - the length of time during which the blast wave is positive. Tritonal is approximately 18% more powerful than TNT alone.[1]

The 87 kg of tritonal in a Mark 82 bomb has the potential to produce approximately 863 MJ of energy if detonated.[2]

References

  1. ^ https://e-reports-ext.llnl.gov/pdf/241114.pdf
  2. ^ https://e-reports-ext.llnl.gov/pdf/241114.pdf

See also


Stub icon

This article related to weaponry is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Tritonal&oldid=717258881"