Russian Demolition Explosives

Dinitronaftafin (Dirritronaphthalene, DNN). Described in Vol 8 of the Encycl, N9-L to N12-L. Russian commercial DNN is a mixt of several isomers. As its explosive properties are very weak and it has an oxygen deficiency, DNN cannot be used alone. It can, however, be used in admixtures with other expls or oxidizers, eg, in Schneiderite (AN 88, DNN 12%), or Frantsuz-skaya Smes (PA 80, DNN 20%), A demolition charge examined at PicArsn consisted of about 92 TNT and 8% DNN (Ref 3)... 

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