Nitroglycerin Definition

nītrōglisərin, nītrəglisərin
noun
A thick, pale-yellow, flammable, explosive oil, C3H5(ONO2)3, prepared by treating glycerin with a mixture of nitric and sulfuric acids: used in medicine and in making dynamites and propellants.
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Nitroglycerin Sentence Examples

  • Nitroglycerin dissolves a little water and then appears thick or milky.

  • Torpedoing The explosive employed is generally nitroglycerin, Wells.

  • Generally it is either dried, after being separated from the wash water, by means of common salt, upon a layer of which the moist nitroglycerin is gently run and allowed to drain or filter through, or it is filtered through a mass of dry sponge or similar dry and porous material.

  • Some solutions of nitroglycerin (in ether, acetone, &c.) burn quietly, and the same is the case when it is held in solution or suspension in a colloid substance, as gelatinized guncotton, &c.

  • Aniline and similar bases are oxidized and partially nitrated by nitroglycerin, with the production of non-explosive compounds.

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