tetranitrate
[te-truh-nahy-treyt]
- a compound containing four nitrate groups.
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Origin of tetranitrate
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Wood gum, from beech wood, gave a tetranitrate (C10 formula) insoluble in all the usual solvents for this group of esters.
Researches on CelluloseC. F. Cross
Thus the tetranitrate yields only 46.4 of denitrated fibre in place of the calculated 66.
Researches on CelluloseC. F. Cross