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Definition of Trinitrotoluene
1. Noun. Explosive consisting of a yellow crystalline compound that is a flammable toxic derivative of toluene.
Definition of Trinitrotoluene
1. Noun. A highly explosive yellow crystalline substance, (CH3C6H2(NO2)3), obtained by reacting nitric acid with toluene ¹
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Definition of Trinitrotoluene
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Medical Definition of Trinitrotoluene
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Trinitrotoluene
Literary usage of Trinitrotoluene
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of Therapy by Oliver Thomas Osborne, Morris Fishbein (1920)
"trinitrotoluene is a high explosive obtained by nitrating toluene, from coal tar,
... When the skin or hair comes in contact with trinitrotoluene, ..."
2. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1916)
"In the process of manuf. of trinitrotoluene the following must be observed: ...
It contains 16.6 to 17.2% of N, whereas pure trinitrotoluene contains 18.5% ..."
3. The New Larned History for Ready Reference, Reading and Research: The Actual by Josephus Nelson Larned, Augustus Hunt Shearer (1922)
"In order to be effect of friction on trinitrotoluene, a the material was ...
The insensitivity of mixtures ol trinitrotoluene and ammonium nitrate is so ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"... perfumes, drugs, substitutes for sugar and poisons used in chemical warfare.
trinitrotoluene, saccharin, indigo-blue, ..."
5. The Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation Program: Technology Profiles (1993)
"Anaerobic microbial mixtures have been discovered, that degrade both the pesticide
dinoseb (2-sec-butyl-4,6-dinitrophenol) and trinitrotoluene (TNT). ..."
6. Treatise on General and Industrial Organic Chemistry by Ettore Molinari (1921)
"trinitrotoluene. Some years before the European War picric acid had been replaced
in Germany, Italy and, partly, m England by trinitrotoluene, ..."
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