A high explosive made from ammonium nitrate and trinitrotoluene (TNT), used especially in mining and engineering.
Named after its developer, possibly derived from the surname Dunn or a place name, with the chemical suffix '-ite' added. The -ite suffix is commonly used in mineralogy and chemistry to denote compounds and substances.
Dunnite represents the darker side of industrial chemistry—it was developed as a safer, more stable explosive for controlled civilian uses like mining, but many explosives have this dual civilian-military history that makes their names feel weighted with consequence.
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