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Definition of Tetryl
1. Noun. A yellow crystalline explosive solid that is used in detonators.
Definition of Tetryl
1. n. Butyl; -- so called from the four carbon atoms in the molecule.
Definition of Tetryl
1. Noun. (organic compound) The explosive ''2,4,6-trinitrophenyl-N-methylnitramine'' produced by the nitration of dimethylaniline ¹
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Definition of Tetryl
1. a chemical compound [n -S]
Medical Definition of Tetryl
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Tetryl
Literary usage of Tetryl
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1869)
"An alcohol, most probably identical with it, has been obtained by S с hoy en (Ann.
Ch. Pharm. cxxx 233), by heating chloride of tetryl prepared from ethyl ..."
2. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller (1867)
"It may also be prepared by the action of sodium upon tetryl iodide, ... When the
reaction has terminated, the tetryl may be distilled off by a temperature ..."
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