TNT
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TNT (trinitrotoluene) is a widely used high explosive known for its stability, ease of handling, and role as a standard measure of explosive power.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| TNT canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9525927 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: TNT Context triple: [Torpex, moreEnergeticThan, TNT]
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A.
TNT
TNT is an American cable television network known for airing sports, movies, and original drama programming.
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B.
TNT
TNT is France's digital terrestrial television platform that broadcasts multiple free-to-air channels nationwide.
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C.
Tank
Tank is a German aeronautical engineer best known for designing the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighter aircraft used by the Luftwaffe during World War II.
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D.
Tank
Tank is a London-based art and fashion magazine known for its independent, avant-garde editorial approach and collaborations with experimental cultural projects.
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E.
Tank
Tank is an American R&B singer, songwriter, and producer known for his smooth vocals and hit slow jams like "Maybe I Deserve" and "Please Don't Go."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: TNT Target entity description: TNT (trinitrotoluene) is a widely used high explosive known for its stability, ease of handling, and role as a standard measure of explosive power.
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A.
TNT
TNT is an American cable television network known for airing sports, movies, and original drama programming.
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B.
TNT
TNT is France's digital terrestrial television platform that broadcasts multiple free-to-air channels nationwide.
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C.
Tank
Tank is a London-based art and fashion magazine known for its independent, avant-garde editorial approach and collaborations with experimental cultural projects.
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D.
Tank
Tank is a German aeronautical engineer best known for designing the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighter aircraft used by the Luftwaffe during World War II.
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E.
Tank
Tank is an American R&B singer, songwriter, and producer known for his smooth vocals and hit slow jams like "Maybe I Deserve" and "Please Don't Go."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (74)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
chemical substance
ⓘ
high explosive ⓘ nitroaromatic compound ⓘ organic compound ⓘ |
| abbreviationOf | trinitrotoluene ⓘ |
| boilingPoint | decomposes before boiling ⓘ |
| canCause |
blood disorders on chronic exposure
ⓘ
liver damage on chronic exposure ⓘ skin irritation ⓘ |
| chemicalName | trinitrotoluene ⓘ |
| density | about 1.65 g/cm³ at 20 °C ⓘ |
| formsMixture |
Amatol (TNT/ammonium nitrate)
ⓘ
Composition B (RDX/TNT) ⓘ Torpex (RDX/TNT/aluminum) ⓘ
linked to:
Torpex
|
| hasAppearance | pale yellow solid ⓘ |
| hasCASNumber | 118-96-7 ⓘ |
| hasDetonationPressure | on the order of 210 kbar (cast TNT) ⓘ |
| hasDetonationVelocity | about 6900 m/s (cast TNT) ⓘ |
| hasFunctionalGroup | nitro group ⓘ |
| hasHeatOfExplosion | about 4.2 MJ/kg (approximate) ⓘ |
| hasMeltingCastingAdvantage | can be safely melted and poured into shells ⓘ |
| hasMolarMass | 227.13 g/mol ⓘ |
| hasMolecularFormula | C7H5N3O6 ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfNitroGroups | 3 ⓘ |
| hasOdor | odorless or faintly aromatic ⓘ |
| hasRingStructure | benzene ring ⓘ |
| hasSolubilityInWater | very low ⓘ |
| hasUNNumber |
UN 0209
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UN 0389 ⓘ UN 0390 ⓘ UN 1356 ⓘ |
| isClassifiedAs | secondary explosive ⓘ |
| isClassifiedUnder | energetic materials ⓘ |
| isInsensitiveTo |
friction (relative to many other explosives)
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impact (relative to many other explosives) ⓘ shock (relative to many other explosives) ⓘ water (does not dissolve appreciably) ⓘ |
| isKnownFor |
ease of handling
ⓘ
good chemical stability ⓘ relative safety in storage ⓘ |
| isLessSensitiveThan | primary explosives such as lead azide ⓘ |
| isListedAs | hazardous substance ⓘ |
| isManufacturedBy | nitration of toluene ⓘ |
| isMoreSolubleIn | organic solvents ⓘ |
| isMoreStableThan |
dynamite
ⓘ
nitroglycerin ⓘ |
| isOftenMixedWith | RDX ⓘ |
| isRegulatedBy | military and explosives safety regulations ⓘ |
| isRelativelySafeTo | melt and cast under controlled conditions ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf | environmental contamination concerns at former munitions sites ⓘ |
| isToxicTo | humans ⓘ |
| isUsedAs |
industrial explosive
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military explosive ⓘ standard measure of explosive power ⓘ |
| isUsedIn |
artillery shells
ⓘ
bombs ⓘ demolition charges ⓘ explosive fillings for munitions ⓘ grenades ⓘ mines ⓘ torpedoes ⓘ |
| isUsedToCalibrate |
energy release of industrial explosions
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explosive yield of nuclear weapons (TNT equivalent) ⓘ seismic event yields ⓘ |
| meltingPoint | about 80.35 °C ⓘ |
| standardOf | TNT equivalent ⓘ |
| systematicName | 2-methyl-1,3,5-trinitrobenzene ⓘ |
| wasAdoptedAsMilitaryExplosiveBy | German military ⓘ |
| wasFirstSynthesizedBy | Julius Wilbrand ⓘ |
| wasFirstSynthesizedIn |
1863
ⓘ
19th century ⓘ |
| wasInitiallyUsedAs | yellow dye ⓘ |
| wasWidelyUsedIn |
World War I
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World War II ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: TNT Description of subject: TNT (trinitrotoluene) is a widely used high explosive known for its stability, ease of handling, and role as a standard measure of explosive power.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.