tetryl

[ te-tril ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Chemistry.

a yellow, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 7 H 5 N 5 O 8 , used as a chemical indicator and as a detonator and bursting charge in small-caliber shells.

tetryl

/ ˈtɛtrɪl /

a yellow crystalline explosive solid used in detonators; trinitrophenylmethylnitramine. Formula: (NO 2 ) 3 C 6 H 2 N(NO 2 )CH 3 Also callednitramine

Origin of tetryl¹

First recorded in 1855–60; tetr- + -yl

After nitration the yellow tetryl separates out, and is filtered off and water-washed till free from acid.

Ordnance officers learned that this material was equal to tetryl as a military explosive.

At this there was a celebration, led by "Blondie" Wanacek, a sulphuric-acid expert handling tetryl on the Two.

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