Other Names
2, 4,6Trinitrophenylmethylnitramine
2,4,6tetranitro-N-methyl aniline
N-methyl-N,2,4,6tetranitro-benzenamine
2,4,6-trinitrophenylmethylnitramine
Use
Tetryl is universally used as a booster explosive. It is used in some composite bursting charges, and as the base charge in some detonators and blasting caps.
Source(s)
TM 9-1300-214, Military Explosives (w/C4, 1990)
FSTC 381-5042, Handbook of Foreign Explosives (1965)
OP 1664, Volume 1 - US Explosive Ordnance (1947)
USNBD - Bombs and Fuzes, Pyrotechnics (1945)
TM 9-1904, Ammunition Inspection Guide (1944)
