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Nitroglycerin

Nitroglycerin (NG, alternative spelling nitroglycerine), also known as trinitroglycerol (TNG), nitro, glyceryl trinitrate (GTN), or 1,2,3-trinitroxypropane, is a dense, colorless or pale yellow, oily, explosive liquid most commonly produced by nitrating glycerol with white fuming nitric acid under conditions appropriate to the formation of the nitric…

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Manufacturing

Use as an explosive and a propellant

Medical use

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Nitroglycerin

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Triples113
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Nitroglycerin

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related to External links · 22
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related to Wartime production rates · 18
Nitroglycerin → Canada, Dorset, During World War, England, Gretna, HM Factory, Holton Heath, Large, Nobel, Ontario, RDB, Royal Navy Cordite Factory, The Canadian Explosives Limited, The Royal Navy, This, United Kingdom, World War, World War II
related to Medical use · 14
Nitroglycerin → Additionally, ALDH2, An, At, By, Imdur, In, Ismo, Isordil, Monoket, Overdoses, Patients, There, These
related to history · 12
Nitroglycerin → Alfred Nobel, Ascanio Sobrero, Emil Oskar Nobel, Heleneborg, It, Italian, Nobels, Sobrero, Sweden, Théophile-Jules Pelouze, Turin, University
related to Instability and desensitization · 11
Nitroglycerin → Early, Ethylene, Frozen, If, In, It, Its, PETN, RDX, Thawing, This
related to Use as an explosive and a propellant · 11
Nitroglycerin → Alfred Nobel, Dynamite, He, HMX, However, It, Kieselguhr, Likewise, RDX, The, TNT
related to Industrial exposure · 10
Nitroglycerin → Although, For, Infrequent, Monday, NG, NTG, Over, Sunday, These, This
related to Detonation · 3
Nitroglycerin → The, Using, When
related to Manufacturing · 3
Nitroglycerin → More, The, This
is a · 1
Nitroglycerin → contact explosive

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Nitroglycerinis acontact explosive0.90text
dynamiteinstance ofis in explosives0.80text
in propellants as an ingredientinstance ofis in explosives0.80text
TNTinstance ofless sensitive explosives0.80text
RDXinstance ofless sensitive explosives0.80text
and HMX have largely replaced it in munitions.Alfred Nobel developed the use of nitroglycerin as a blasting explosive by mixing nitroglycerin with inert absorbentsinstance ofless sensitive explosives0.80text
particularlyinstance ofless sensitive explosives0.80text
those used in tank cannonsinstance ofbut are reserved mainly for extremely high-caliber ammunition rounds0.80text
naval artilleryinstance ofbut are reserved mainly for extremely high-caliber ammunition rounds0.80text
Nitroglycerinrelated to DetonationWhen0.60section
Nitroglycerinrelated to DetonationThe0.60section
Nitroglycerinrelated to DetonationUsing0.60section

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