From: jim bell <jimbell@pacifier.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Aug 1996 04:27:36 +0800
To: umwalber@cc.UManitoba.CA
Subject: Re: Bombs & bomb threats in LA
Message-ID: <199608051717.KAA14678@mail.pacifier.com>
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At 10:11 AM 8/5/96 EDT, Paul J. Bell wrote:
>"picric acid is indeed more powerful than TNT.  it was the primary explosive
>used in WW-I. it was also the primary cargo on a ship, i think it was the
>"Montblac", that exploded in Halifax harbor and nearly wiped-out the city. this
>was in the 1917 - 1919 timeframe.
>
>	-paul


The molecular difference between TNT and picric acid is a methyl group, 
weight 15 (on TNT) substituted for a hydroxyl, weight 17 (on 
picric acid.)   If there is a difference, it is a very small one.

Jim Bell
jimbell@pacifier.com