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Amatol

[am-uh-tawl, -tol]

noun Chemistry.

an explosive mixture of ammonium nitrate and TNT.

Origin:
1915–20; am(monium) + connective -a- + (trinitro)tol(uene)

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a double sulfate analogous to potassium alum, as aluminum ammonium sulfate, with the formula R2SO4?X2(SO4)3?24H2O, where R is alkali metal or ammonium

like or containing an alkali, which neutralize acids to form salts and turn red litmus paper blue, or having a pH value greater than 7

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amatol (ˈæməˌtɒl)

—n
	an explosive mixture of ammonium nitrate and TNT, used in shells and bombs

[C20: from am(monium) + (trinitro)tol(uene)]

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