A powerful yellow explosive chemical compound used in bombs, mining, and construction; the abbreviation for trinitrotoluene.
The acronym comes from the chemical name trinitrotoluene (TNT). The compound was first synthesized by German chemist Joseph Wilbrand in 1863.
TNT is so stable that you can hit it with a hammer and it won't explode—it only detonates with a special shock, which made it revolutionary for safer industrial use than dynamite!
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