Explosives, powders and means of initiation:

GRANULAR (LUMP) TRINITROTOLUENE

Used to produce ammunition

Technical Characteristics:

Hardening temperature, °C, not less than: 80.2
Humidity, %, not more than: 0.1
Acidity in H2SO4 equivalent, %, not more than: 0.01
Mass portion of indissoluble substances, %, not more than: 0.05
Density of hard pieces (granules), g/cm3, not less than: 1.55
Size of spherical and semispherical pieces (granules), mm: 10—23
10—23 mm granules content, %, not less than: 90
Content of granules smaller than 10 mm, %, not more than: 10

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SCALE-SHAPED TRINITROTOLUENE

Used to produce ammunition.

Technical Characteristics:

Hardening temperature, °C, not less than: 80.2
Mass portion of humidity and volatile substances, %, not more than: 0.07
Mass portion of substances indissoluble in organic solvents, %, not more than: 0.05
Acidity in H2SO4 equivalent, %, not more than: 0.01
Mass portion of sodium sulfate: absent
Detonation velocity, m/sec, with 1.62 g/cm3 density of the charge: 7,000
Specific heat of explosion, kJ/kg: 4,300
Specific volume of explosive gaseous products of explosion, l/kg, with 1.5 g/cm3 density of the charge: 750
Critical diameter, mm:
in steel coating; 10—15
in paper coating; 60—80
Temperature of the flash, °C -
with 5 sec delay: 290—300
Oxygen balance, %: 7