2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene

2.4.6-Trinitrotoluene, being produced either from Toluene or ortho-Mononitrotoluene with mixed acids, serves mainly for military purposes and is used in small amounts also for dynamite production.

Meissner offers complete TNT plants including, along with the equipment for nitration, sulfitation, drying and granulation, also an acid reconcentration plant and a waste water regeneration plant. The Meissner TNT process is characterized by application of the countercurrent principle from one nitration step to the other, where each nitration step is considered as one unit. As a consequence, the quality of the intermediate products Mononitrotoluol and Dinitrotoluol, as well as the quality of the product 2.4.6-Trinitrotoluene itself, meet the high demands for military use.