Alumtol: ammonium nitrate, trinitrotoluene, aluminium powder. Used for
trench mortars, bombs, &c.
Amatol: a mixture of ammonium nitrate and trinitrotoluene, used for
shell-filling. Called by Germans Fuellpulver. The Germans did not
develop this explosive as much as the Entente Powers, who effected
great economy of trinitrotoluene.
Blastine: ammonium perchlorate, sodium nitrate, dinitrotoluene,
paraffin-wax. It evolves hydrochloric acid gas.
Blasting gelatine contains 93 per cent nitroglycerine and 7 per cent
nitrocotton. It is the most powerful explosive in common use.
Cresylite is a French explosive, and contains picric acid and nitrated
cresol.
Fumyl is a smoke-producing explosive, and contains trinitrotoluene and
ammonium chloride. It was used to open poison-gas shells.
Granatfuelling (Shell Filling): a term used by the Germans.
Granatfuelling C/84 is picric acid.
Granatfuelling C/02 is trinitrotoluene.
Other substances were used by them for shell filling, such as
trinitroanisole, dinitrobenzene, hexanitrodiphenylamine, and
hexanitrophenylsulphide.
Lyddite: a term for picric acid formerly used in shells.
T.N.T. is trinitrotoluene or trotyl.
Toxol is a mixture of trinitrotoluene and trinitroxylene.
Triplastite is a plastic high explosive containing 70 per cent
nitrotoluenes, 8 per cent nitrocotton, 29 per cent lead nitrate. Used
for shell filling.