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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]
- Nitrate ion [r]: Add brief definition or description
Subtopics
- 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]
- Nitroaromatics [r]: Explosives with a core aromatic hydrocarbon structure to which nitro groups, commonly three per ring, are attached; those with more than one nitro group are nonbiodegradable [e]
- Nitramines [r]: A highly energetic subclass of the organic nitrate explosives; includes RDX, HDX and tetryl [e]