Italian Ammonals

See also under Italian Ammonals in Vol 1, A291-R, Italian Explosives in Vol 7 Spanish Explosives... 

Silver Salt A67-R Italian Ammonals A291R Italian Military Aluminized Plactic Explosive A148-L... 

Italy Several pre-WW 11 ammonals were listed by Molina (Ref 8a), including a) AN 54, Al 24, MNB 20 a carbon 2% b) AN 65, Al 17 (of which 16% was coarse and 1% fine), TNT 15 carbon 3%> It was not stated whether they were used by the Italians, All EnExpis (Ref 19, p 84) lists the following ammonal used during WW II for military purposes AN 84.5, K nitrate 1.5, Ba nitrate 0.5, Al powder 5-5 BkPdr 8.0%. It required a booster for detonation Mangini (Ref 19a) lists the following compns suitable for military purposes a) AN 72 to 95, Al powder 2 to 25 carbon 0.8 to 3% b) AN 46 to 64, Al powder 17 to 22, carbon 3 TNT 15 to 30%. The last expl was also called "toluol-ammonal". TNN was used in some compns in lieu of TNT. Belgrano (Ref 20b, p 163) lists a compn similar to ammonal, which is called "dinammon (See also Nitra-mite)... 

SYNS AMMONIO piCROAIATO DI) (ITALIAN) AMMONIUMBICHROMAAT (DUTCH) AMMON-lUMDICHROMAAT (DUTCH) AMMONIUiM-DICHROMAT (GERMAN) AMMONIUM DICHROMATE AMMONIUM DICHROMATE(VI) BICHROMATE d AMMONIUM (FRENCH)... 

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