The detection of trinitrotoluene by pure nuclear quadrupole resonance

The data of the observation of the nuclear quadrupole resonance signal in trinitrotoluene C6H2(NO2)3CH3 are reported. The measurements are carried out on a crude industrial sample of the Chinese manufacturing at 293 K. It is shown that the lines of the monoclinic form and probably orthorhombic forms are present in our spectra, but the most suitable lines for the detection of trinitrotoluene belong to the monoclinic form. The results of our experiments specify an opportunity of application of the pulse method of nuclear quadrupole resonance for the detection of trinitrotoluene in crude industrial samples.