Myrol expl

More detailed information on Myrol Expls and their uses can be found in the refs Refs 1) G. R dmer, Report oh Explosives , PBL Rept 85160 (1945) 2) H. Walter et al,... 

Myrol Explosives. Methyl nitrate (qv) and its mixts with methanol, benz, NB, etc found extensive application by Ger in WWII as ingredients of numerous liq, plastic and solid propints and expls. Some of these mixts were known as Ersatzsprengatoffe (substitute expls)... 

In the case of liq expls and propints, Myrol (methyl nitrate plus methanol) was used either by itself or in mixts with liqs such as benz, MNB, etc. For use as a plastic expl or propint, Myrol was treated with small quantities of NC to form a soft jelly. As a solid expl or propint, it was treated with 25-30% NC to form a hard jelly, or was mixed with the usual sol ingredients of dynamites, sUch as kieselguhr, sawdust, inorganic nitrates, lignin, etc... 

Note Germans used during WWII similar liquid expls under the name of Myrol, which are described in PATR 2510 (1958), pp Ger 115 ... 

Walter Explosives. Between 1942 and 1945, a team of chemists under the direction of Dr Hans Walter and which included Dr Benno Walter, developed several expls by using methanol and ammonia as starting materials. The work was started in the Degussa Laboratories in Frankfort on Main, and was transferred to Tetschen, Czechoslovakia in 1944. The most important expls developed by this group were MAN-Salz, Myrol, and TETRA-Salz. Of these, Walter considered Myrol as the most important... 

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