Explanatory notes
… creating an enormous pressure within a very short period. Phlegmatising agents are often added to these products to … (gun-cotton), ammonium nitrate, peat, wood flour, sodium chloride or granulated aluminium. (2) Explosives … hexolites (TNT + hexogen) and pentolites (TNT + PETN) phlegmatised either by a wax or by a polymeric binder. …