PENTAERYTHRITOL TETRANITRATE


Meaning of PENTAERYTHRITOL TETRANITRATE in English

noun

: a crystalline ester C(CH 2 ONO 2 ) 4 made by nitrating pentaerythritol and used as a powerful high explosive and in the treatment of angina pectoris — called also penthrite, pentrite, PETN

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