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An explosive consisting of ammonium nitrate, a derivative of nitrobenzene, chlorated naphthalene, and woodmeal.
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A mixture of argon and nitrogen used in firefighting
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(medicine) Chronic arsenic poisoning.
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A blasting powder or dynamite composed of nitroglycerin, wood fiber, sodium nitrate, and magnesium carbonate.
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An explosive containing ammonium perchlorate, sodium nitrate, trinitrotoluene, and paraffin wax.
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An explosive composed of nitrobenzene, saltpetre, sulfur, and kieselguhr.
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The treatment of drinking water with chloramine
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a reddish-yellow explosive gas, ClO₂, used as a water disinfectant and to bleach flour and wood pulp
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(inorganic chemistry) The compound HAuCl₄ obtained by dissolving gold in aqua regia
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A natural yellow pigment derived from lead(II) chromate.
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(informal) Bleach in general, regardless of brand.
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An explosive composed of a mixture of trinitrocresol and picric acid
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(dated) An explosive substance consisting essentially of sawdust or wood pulp saturated with nitroglycerin and similar compounds.
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Synonym of nitromagnite (“kind of explosive”)
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An explosive material which is unaffected by moisture, shock and fire, a mixture of ammonium cresylate with picric acid that is prepared from trinitrocresol.
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(chemistry, photography) The sodium salt of a sulphonic acid of a naphthol, C₁₀H₅(OH)(NH₂)SO₃Na, used as a photographic developer.
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A foamy substance caused by the rapid decomposition of hydrogen peroxide using potassium iodide as a catalyst; the outcome of a popular educational experiment in chemistry.
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(organic chemistry) Any of a range of indicators used in complexometric titrations
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A powerful explosive made by gently heating nitroglycerin in a water-bath, then dissolving guncotton in it.
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Alternative form of explosive gelatin [A powerful explosive made by gently heating nitroglycerin in a water-bath, then dissolving guncotton in it.]
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(obsolete) An explosive made from ammonium nitrate, potassium chlorate, and naphthalene.
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Any of several explosive mixtures, chiefly of ammonium nitrate and a nitrate derivative of naphthalene, used in mining.
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A gelatin dynamite in which the dope is composed largely of sodium nitrate.
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An explosive mixture of nitroglycerine and nitrate absorbed onto a base of wood pulp.
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A safety explosive composed of nitroglycerine, nitrocellulose, sodium- and potassium nitrates; now largely replaced by grisoutite
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(very rare) A type of safety explosive, made from nitroglycerine mixed with magnesium sulfate and sawdust, that could be used where firedamp was present
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An explosive compound of sawdust, charcoal, niter, and potassium ferrocyanide, formerly used as a substitute for gunpowder.
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A picrate compound used as an explosive.
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Of, pertaining to, or containing iodine
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Alternative form of Javelle water [(historical) sodium hypochlorite, the earliest chemical bleach.]
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(historical) sodium hypochlorite, the earliest chemical bleach.
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An explosive composed of nitroglycerine and collodion cotton.
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An explosive compound of nitroglycerin.
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An explosive consisting mostly of picric acid.
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An explosive containing picric acid and guncotton.
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(obsolete, medicine) A mixture of the bromides of mercury, gold and arsenic used to treat syphilis
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An explosive containing nitroglycerine, used in blasting.
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(US, slang) hydrogen cyanide, used in the gas chamber
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(historical) A kind of explosive of the dynamite class.
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(chemistry) An organic compound.
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Any of a class of Sprengel explosives similar to oxyliquits, consisting of a mixture of liquid dinitrogen tetroxide serving as oxidizer with a suitable fuel.
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(chemistry) Potassium ferricyanide, K₃[Fe(CN)₆], a highly poisonous ferric crystal salt of potassium cyanide used as a pigment.
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Nitrated cotton, a high explosive that is the main constituent of smokeless powder.
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An explosive consisting of potassium chlorate and mononitrobenzene.
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An explosive formerly used in mining, made from chlorinated dinitrobenzene oxidized by ammonium nitrate.
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An explosive containing ammonium nitrate, calcium silicide and trinitrotoluene.
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(chemistry) A compound of salicin e.g. salicide of potassium, hydrogen salicide
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A classroom chemistry demonstration, using potassium chlorate to rapidly oxidize the sugar in jelly babies so that they burst into flame and emit gases with a screaming sound.
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A picric acid-based explosive.
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A high explosive consisting of a mixture of sodium nitrate and trinitrotoluene.
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(technical) Mustard gas.
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A high explosive comprising a mixture of tetryl and TNT.
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An explosive compound; a preparation of guncotton.
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A mixture of 80% TNT and 20% aluminium powder, used in several types of ordnance.
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(archaic) A particular explosive containing nitroglycerin.
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An explosive, used in mining, containing ammonium nitrate.
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