tetryl

/te-tril/US // ˈtɛ trɪl //UK // (ˈtɛtrɪl) //

苠迮郇郋郅郋迣邽邽

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
Chemistry.
- : a yellow, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C7H5N5O8, used as a chemical indicator and as a detonator and bursting charge in small-caliber shells.

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.