About The Word Nitroglycerin
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Nitroglycerin
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What's The Definition Of Nitroglycerin?
[n] a heavy yellow poisonous oily explosive liquid obtained by nitrating glycerol; used in making explosives and medically as a vasodilator (trade names Nitrospan and Nitrostat)
Synonyms | Synonyms for Nitroglycerin: glyceryl trinitrate | nitroglycerine | Nitrospan | Nitrostat | trinitroglycerin Related Terms | Find terms related to Nitroglycerin: See Also | blasting gelatin | cordite | dynamite | nitrate | vasodilative | vasodilator Nitroglycerin In Webster's Dictionary \Ni`tro*glyc"er*in\, n. [Nitro- + glycerinn.]
(Chem.)
A liquid appearing like a heavy oil, colorless or yellowish,
and consisting of a mixture of several glycerin salts of
nitric acid, and hence more properly called {glycerin
nitrate}. It is made by the action of nitric acid on glycerin
in the presence of sulphuric acid. It is extremely unstable
and terribly explosive. A very dilute solution is used in
medicine as a neurotic under the name of {glonion}. [Written
also {nitroglycerine}.]
Note: A great number of explosive compounds have been
produced by mixing nitroglycerin with different
substances; as, dynamite, or giant powder,
nitroglycerin mixed with siliceous earth;
lithofracteur, nitroglycerin with gunpowder, or with
sawdust and nitrate of sodium or barium; Colonia
powder, gunpowder with nitroglycerin; dualin,
nitroglycerin with sawdust, or with sawdust and nitrate
of potassium and some other substances; lignose, wood
fiber and nitroglycerin.
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