
2,4-Dinitrotoluene, powder [C7H6N2O4], benzene, 1-methyl-2,4-dinitro; 1-methyl-2,4-dinitrobenzene; 2,4-dinitrotoluol; 2,4-DNT
Stock# C144A
Pale yellow crystals used as a modifier for smokeless powders, as an explosive intermediate, as a plasticizer in moderate and high explosives (examples cited in T.L.Davis' Chemistry of Powder and Explosives), rubber and plastics manufacture, and to manufacture the HTPB curative toluene diisocyanate. It is also used as a stabilizer in single, double and triple base smokeless propellants instead of diphenylamine which can only be used to stabilize nitrocellulose resins and single base propellants. Firefox uses it to stabilize our NC lacquers. Highly soluble in acetone (as is nitrocellulose), so it is easily blended into pulp for propellant production or various pyrotechnic formulae. Also soluble in diethyl ether and ethanol. Add this one to your inventory of very hard to find exhotic chemicals. No ATFE required to purchase, no quantity restrictions.