Tetryl
noun, Chemistry.
1.
a yellow, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 7 H 5 N 5 O 8 , used as a chemical indicator and as a detonator and bursting charge in small-caliber shells.
noun
1.
a yellow crystalline explosive solid used in detonators; trinitrophenylmethylnitramine. Formula: (NO2)3C6H2N(NO2)CH3 Also called nitramine
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