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Ethylene glycol dinitrate: Used to reduce the freezing point of dynamite, but also an explosive itself, used in propellants and in improvised explosive devices; chemically 2,2'-oxybisethanol dinitrate, also called Diethyleneglycol Dinitrate (DEGN), dinitrodiglycol or DEGDN [e]
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Parent topics
- Explosives [r]: Explosive agent; a compound or mixture susceptible of a rapid chemical reaction, as gunpowder, or nitroglycerin. [e]
- Aliphatic nitrate esters [r]: Explosive compounds produced by O-type nitration in which a nitro group is attached to an oxygen atom of the compound being nitrated. (U.S. Army) [e]
Subtopics
- Dynamite [r]: A family of explosives, first invented by Alfred Nobel, in which nitroglycerin is adsorbed onto inert or more stable explosive materials in order to reduce its sensitivity; widely used in commercial excavation [e]
- Improvised explosive device [r]: A destructive device, not completely made from purpose-built military components, that is intended to cause destruction by means of an explosive charge and perhaps other components that increase damage [e]