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tetranitrate
[ te-truh-nahy-treyt ]
/ ˌtɛ trəˈnaɪ treɪt /
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noun Chemistry.
a compound containing four nitrate groups.
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How to use tetranitrate in a sentence
Wood gum, from beech wood, gave a tetranitrate (C10 formula) insoluble in all the usual solvents for this group of esters.
Researches on Cellulose|C. F. CrossThus the tetranitrate yields only 46.4 of denitrated fibre in place of the calculated 66.
Researches on Cellulose|C. F. CrossThe majority of cases will do well on the sodium nitrite or erythrol tetranitrate.
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