tetryl
[ te-tril ]
/ ˈtɛ trɪl /
noun Chemistry.
a yellow, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C7H5N5O8, used as a chemical indicator and as a detonator and bursting charge in small-caliber shells.
Also
tetralite.
Also called
nitramine,
trinitrophenylmethylnitramine.
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Example sentences from the Web for tetryl
Ordnance officers learned that this material was equal to tetryl as a military explosive.
America's Munitions 1917-1918 |Benedict Crowell
British Dictionary definitions for tetryl
tetryl
/ (ˈtɛtrɪl) /
noun
a yellow crystalline explosive solid used in detonators; trinitrophenylmethylnitramine. Formula: (NO 2) 3 C 6 H 2 N(NO 2)CH 3
Also called: nitramine