Trojan Explosive

During World War I, in the United States Trojan Explosive was widely employed for filling hand grenades and mortar bombs. Its explosive constituent was nitrostarch ... 

Heat Test and 120° Vacuum Stability Test—si more satisfactory than for the Trojan Demolition Expl. It is more difficult to initiate than the Trojan Explosive... 

Tolite Fr for TNT Trojan(explosive) nitrostarch expl contg Na nitrate,... 

Towards the end of World War I some 25,000 tons of nitrostarch per annum were manufactured in the U.S.A. It was used mainly in the form of two explosive materials Grenite and Trojan Explosive. The composition of these explosives is given in Vol. HI. 

During the first World War a Trojan explosive which contained nitrostarch was used in trench mortar shells and in hand and rifle grenades.106 Its composition was as follows. 

Trojan Explosive. A Nitrostarch based expl used by the USA during WWI and to a limited extent in WWII in demolition charges. It contained Nitrostarch 40, Na nitrate 37.7, Ba nitrate 20, oil 0.8, and stabilizer (diphenylamine or Ca carbonate) 1.5% grey solid pressed in Vi and 1-lb... 

Trojan Explosive was used, despite its drawbacks, as a demolition expl in preference to Dynamites because it was less sensitive than the NG Dynamites of its era. It is no longer being manufd... 

Demolition Expl. It is more difficult to initiate than the Trojan Explosive... 

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