mannitol hexanitrate

noun Chemistry, Pharmacology.

a colorless, crystalline, water-insoluble, explosive solid, C6H8N6O18, used as a fulminating agent in percussion caps and in the treatment of hypertension and coronary insufficiency.

Also called nitromannitol, nitromannite.

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