Nitramex and Nitramon Explosives

Nitramex and Nitramon Explosives are compositions of various chemical compounds. They are explosives based on ammonium nitrate and other ingredients such as paraffin wax, aluminum and dinitrotoluene. The binding of these additional ingredients creates a more stable explosive. Nitramex and Nitramon have been replaced by more modern high explosives based on ammonium nitrate such as ANFO.

Nitramon

A typical nitramon formula contains approximately 92 percent ammonium nitrate, 4 percent dinitrotoluene, and 4 percent paraffin wax.

Nitramex

Nitramex has much the same formula as nitramon with the addition of trinitrotoluene or TNT. This explosive was used in the removal of Ripple Rock by tunneling and placing large quantities of Nitramex 2H. This is known as one of the largest non-nuclear explosions to mankind.

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