Tritonal
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Tritonal is a mixture of 80% TNT and 20% aluminum powder, used in several types of ordnance. The aluminum improves the brisance of the TNT -- the speed at which the explosive develops its maximum pressure. The addition of aluminum makes tritonal about 18 percent more powerful than TNT alone. It is used perhaps most notably in the Massive Ordinance Air Blast Bomb (nicknamed the Mother of all Bombs) or MOAB, the largest non-nuclear weapon in the US miltary arsenal, surpassing the explosive power of even a fuel-air explosive bomb.