The heat of neutralization raises the temperature to 45-55'0, but the latter temperature should not be exceeded, since any trinitrobenzene formed at this point would later be removed with the unreacted trinitrotoluene.
"Organic-Syntheses"
Conant, James Bryant
When it has persisted for five minutes, the color is discharged by the addition of a few drops of acetic acid, and the insoluble unattacked trinitrotoluene filtered off and washed with a little water.
"Organic-Syntheses"
Conant, James Bryant
He has been silenced for a year by the roar of trinitrotoluene and the bluster of fools; and the world is in ruins.
"The Inca of Perusalem"
George Bernard Shaw