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- History
- Preparation
- Applications
- Explosive character
- Energy content
- Detection
- Safety and toxicity
- Pink and red water
- Ecological impact
- Aqueous solubility
- Soil adsorption
- Chemical breakdown
- Biodegradation
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Trinitrotoluene ( ), more commonly known as TNT (and more specifically 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene, and by its preferred IUPAC name 2-methyl-1,3,5-trinitrobenzene), is a chemical compound with the formula . TNT is occasionally used as a reagent in chemical synthesis, but it is best known as an explosive material with convenient handling properties. The explosive yield of TNT is considered to be the standard comparative convention of bombs and asteroid impacts. In chemistry, TNT is used to generate charge transfer salts.