Baratol (explosive)

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Baratol is an explosive made of a mixture of TNT and barium nitrate, with a small quantity of wax used as a binder. TNT typically makes up 25-33% of the mixture. Because of the high density of barium nitrate, baratol has a density of at least 2.5.

Baratol was used as the "slow" compound in the explosive "lenses" of early atomic bombs. Composition B was often used as the "fast" explosive component.

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