Phlegmatized explosive
A phlegmatized 'explosive' is an explosive that has had an agent added to stabilize or desensitize it. Phlegmatizing usually improves the handling properties of an explosive.
Trinitrotoluene can itself be used to phlegmatize more sensitive explosives such as RDX, HMX, or PETN. Other typical phlegmatizing agents include paraffin wax, paper, or even water. Such agents are nearly always flammable themselves or will at least boil off easily. Typically, a small amount of phlegmatizing agent is used, such as Composition B, which has 1% paraffin wax added, or the Russian RGO hand grenade which contains 90 grams of "A-IX-1" explosive, comprising 96% RDX and 4% paraffin wax by weight. Another example of use is the VS-50 antipersonnel mine, which contains an explosive filling of 43 grams of RDX, again phlegmatized by combining it with 10% paraffin wax by weight.