a yellow crystalline explosive solid used in detonators; trinitrophenylmethylnitramine. Formula: (NO2)3C6H2N(NO2)CH3
Also called: nitramine
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The formulations, using insensitive energetic solid fillers and high-nitrogen modifiers in place of nitramine were completed.
Thelma Manning, Jeffrey Wyckoff, Carlton Adam, Eugene Rozumov, Kenneth Klingaman,Viral Panchal, Joseph Laquidara, Mike Fair, John Bolognini, Keith Luhmann, Steve Velarde,Christine Knott, Stephanie M. Piraino, Kevin Boyd 2014, 'Formulation development and characterization of cellulose acetate nitrate based propellantsfor improved insensitive munitions properties', Defence Technologyhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214914714000439. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Among these degradation products, the aliphatic nitramine compounds dimethylnitramine and ethanolnitramine have been identified, whose environmental impact was unknown.
Claire Coutris, Claire Coutris, Andrew R. Collins 2015, 'In vivo genotoxicity of nitramines, transformation products of amine-based carboncapture technology', Frontiers in Geneticshttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/conf.fgene.2015.01.00050/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)