TNT is a yellow solid at room temperature (mp 80⁰C) and called Trolite in France and Trotyl in Germany. TNT has a detonation velocity of 6900 m/s, and in the early days of its use as an explosive it needed a primary explosive such as fulminate to detonate it.

Crystal structure:
R. M. Vrcelj, et al., Crystal Growth & Design, 3, 1027–1032(2003).

Theoretical:
J. Clarkson, et al., Journal of Molecular Structure, 648, 203-214(2003).