ammonal

American  

[am-uh-nal] / ˈæm əˌnæl /

noun

1. a high explosive consisting chiefly of powdered aluminum, ammonium nitrate, and TNT.

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ammonal British  

/ ˈæmənəl /

noun

1. an explosive made by mixing TNT, ammonium nitrate, and aluminium powder

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Etymology

Origin of ammonal

First recorded in 1900–05; ammon(ium) + al(uminum)

Example Sentences

One bomb fell near to the main ammonal magazine, but, very fortunately, failed to explode.

From The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula by Collett, Herbert Brayley

"Nothin' wrong with that there ammonal," remarked the Sapper professionally.

From No Man's Land by McNeile, H. C. (Herman Cyril)

Hickman went out at 8.0 p.m. and reported that the gaps were good, and that the ammonal tubes which the Royal Engineers had in readiness to take out and blow gaps with were not required.

From The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion by Weetman, W. C. C.

Powdered aluminum is used for the production of high temperatures in the Thermite process, and is a constituent of the explosive, ammonal, and of aluminum paints.

From The Economic Aspect of Geology by Leith, C. K. (Charles Kenneth)