Page 117 - Chemical and process design handbook
P. 117
Speight_Part II_A 11/7/01 3:16 PM Page 2.58
AMMONIUM PICRATE
Ammonium picrate (explosive D) is manufactured by the neutralization of
a hot aqueous solution of picric acid (2,4,6-trinitrophenol) with aqueous
ammonia.
It is used in armor-piercing shells as a bursting charge. Ammonium
picrate is a salt and does not melt, so it must be loaded by compression.
2.58
