dunnite

dunnite
/dun"uyt/, n.
an ammonium picrate explosive used as a bursting charge for armor-piercing projectiles and in high-explosive shells; explosive D.
[named after Col. B. W. Dunn (1860-1936), U.S. Army, the inventor; see -ITE1]

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