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PRONUNCIATION OF TETRYL

tetryl  [ˈtɛtrɪl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TETRYL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tetryl is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TETRYL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Tetryl

2,4,6-Trinitrophenylmethylnitramine commonly referred to as tetryl is a sensitive explosive compound used to make detonators and explosive booster charges. Tetryl is a nitramine booster explosive, though its use has been largely superseded by RDX. Tetryl is a sensitive secondary high explosive used as a booster, a small charge placed next to the detonator in order to propagate detonation into the main explosive charge.

Definition of tetryl in the English dictionary

The definition of tetryl in the dictionary is a yellow crystalline explosive solid used in detonators; trinitrophenylmethylnitramine. Formula: 3C6H2NCH3 Also called: nitramine.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TETRYL


acetonitrile
əˌsiːtəʊˈnaɪtrɪl
aryl
ˈærɪl
Benadryl
ˈbɛnədrɪl
beryl
ˈbɛrɪl
brill
brɪl
coistrel
ˈkɔɪstrɪl
drill
drɪl
frill
frɪl
grill
ɡrɪl
grille
ɡrɪl
isonitrile
ˌaɪsəʊˈnaɪtrɪl
krill
krɪl
nitrile
ˈnaɪtrɪl
nitryl
ˈnaɪtrɪl
nostril
ˈnɒstrɪl
peril
ˈpɛrɪl
quadrille
kwɒˈdrɪl
testrill
ˈtɛstrɪl
thrill
θrɪl
trill
trɪl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TETRYL

tetrastyle
tetrasyllabic
tetrasyllabical
tetrasyllable
tetratheism
tetrathlon
tetratomic
tetravalence
tetravalency
tetravalent
tetraxon
tetrazolium
Tetrazzini
tetri
tetrode
tetrodotoxin
tetronal
tetroxid
tetroxide
tetter

WORDS THAT END LIKE TETRYL

acetyl
alkyl
butyl
butyryl
carbaryl
Chernobyl
chrysoberyl
dimethyl
ethyl
glyceryl
hwyl
methyl
metopryl
phenyl
phosphoryl
sulfhydryl
sulfuryl
sulphhydryl
sulphuryl
vinyl

Synonyms and antonyms of tetryl in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tetryl» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TETRYL

Find out the translation of tetryl to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of tetryl from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tetryl» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

特屈儿
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tetrilo
570 millions of speakers

English

tetryl
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

tetryl
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تتريل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

тетрил
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tetril
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

tetryl
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tétryl
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tetryl
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Tetryl
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

テトリル
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

tetryl
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tetryl
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tetryl
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

tetryl
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

टेट्रील
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Tetril
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tetrile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tetryl
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

тетрил
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tetril
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τετρύλ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tetryl
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tetryl
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Tetryl
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tetryl

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TETRYL»

The term «tetryl» is normally little used and occupies the 142.520 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TETRYL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tetryl

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TETRYL»

Discover the use of tetryl in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tetryl and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Toxicity and Metabolism of Explosives
2,4,6-Trinitrophenylmethylnitramine,N-2,4,6-tetranitro-Ar-methylani- line, or best known as tetryl, has been used as a booster explosive (the explosive ignited by a detonation charge, which in turn detonates the bursting charge) and as a base ...
Jehuda Yinon, 1990
2
LASL Explosive Property Data
GENERAL PROPERTIES 1.1 Chemical and Physical Description.1 Tetryl (2,4,6- trinitro- phenylmethylnitramine), C7H6N603 is a light yellow crystalline solid. Other accepted names are 2,4,6- trinitro-N-methylaniline; picrylmethylnitramine; ...
Terry R. Gibbs, Alphonse Popolato, 1980
3
The Preparatory Manual of Explosives
After 3 hours, filter-off the precipitated Tetryl product, and then be sure to wash with ten to twelve 150 milliliter portions of warm water to free it from acid as much as possible. Afterwards, suction dry (vacuum dry) the washed Tetryl product.
Jared Ledgard, 2007
4
Ordnance
plants were insufficient to meet World War requirements for a booster explosive. Although sufficient material is on hand to meet the immediate needs of the service, there is no present production of tetryl, nor do there exist any facilities for its ...
‎1922
5
The Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry
the w-position to the nitramido radical, m. p. 1870 C. This indicated at once the presence of tetranitro- phenylmethylnitramine in our tetryl. Because of the relatively small quantities of material which could be obtained in this way, it was thought ...
‎1920
6
Military Explosives
Structural formula for tetryl. Over the temperature range of 200° to 403° Kelvin, the specific heat of tetryl as a function of temperature has been found to be Specific heat=0.213+(2.18x1o-4)7 -(3.73X10-7)F where T is in degrees Kelvin and the ...
‎1989
7
I/EC. Industrial and engineering chemistry
the m-position to the nitramido radical, m. p. 187° C. This indicated at once the presence of tetranitrophenylmethylnitramine in our tetryl. Because of the relatively small quantities of material which could be obtained in this way, it was thought ...
‎1920
8
Encyclopaedia of Occupational Health and Safety: Guides, ...
Hardening occurs as with tetryl and trinitrotoluene. Workers handling picric acid or its salts have the skin and hair dyed a yellowish colour. Experimental animals severely exposed to ammonium picrate dust for periods up to 12 months revealed ...
Jeanne Mager Stellman, 1998
9
Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 170
Tetryl, photolysis primary transformation, 161:123 Tetryl, physical/chemical properties, 161: 121 Tetryl, plant metabolism/bioaccumulation, 161:129 Tetryl, plant toxicity, 161:128 Tetryl, see Nitramine, 161:120 Tetryl, soil invertebrates screening ...
George W. Ware, 2001
10
Review and Evaluation of Alternative Technologies for ...
If the tetryl is in excess, hydrolysis should yield insoluble Janovsky complexes and addition products that are potentially energetic. An excess of strong base should, however, drive hydrolysis to completion. A plausible overall mechanism for ...
Committee on Review and Evaluation of Alternative Technologies for Demilitarization of Assembled Chemical Weapons, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TETRYL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tetryl is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Rapid onsite explosives detection by HPLC
It is also successful for explosive compounds containing nitramines, such as Tetryl, and inorganic nitrates like ammonium nitrate. Once the environmental ... «separationsNOW.com, Mar 15»
2
Montenegrin held in Damascus for smuggling arms and drugs
The Syrian police found 6.2 kilograms of heroin, 23 kilograms of tetryl explosives and 137 triggers used in explosive devices in Ivan Popovic's possession when ... «B92, Mar 15»
3
Look: Coventry's role in First World War told in major new exhibition …
Many became known as Canary Girls because their skin took on a yellow hue from the toxic explosive Tetryl they loaded into shells. The exhibition The Great ... «Coventry Telegraph, Jul 14»
4
Here's Everything You Need To Know About Fireworks In DC
Any firework that contains mercury, arsenic, tetryl, phosphorous, sulphocyanide, magnesium, potassium picrate, gallic acid, chlorate of potash, and sugar, or any ... «DCist.com, Jun 14»
5
Application of Micro Thin Layer Chromatography to Analyse …
Common components of explosives include ntiramines (HMX, RDX), nitroaromatics (2,4-DNT, TNT, TNB, Tetryl, Nitrobenzene), and nitrate esters (PETN, NG), ... «Azom.com, Feb 14»
6
Meet the bomb girls: A new book tells how a secret army helped win …
... Bridgend, Glamorgan, pasting and wrapping circular pellets containing yellow powder, an explosive component called tetryl. It was boring and repetitive work. «Express.co.uk, Aug 13»
7
See the deadly beauty of a grenade cut in half
The central tube would be wrapped in a very fast tetryl explosive, which would set off the main Composition B explosive filling the rest of the body of the grenade. «Geek, Aug 13»
8
Here's a powerful photo of a grenade cut in half
This, in turn, will detonate the parts which were removed from this grenade: booster charges of very fast explosive (tetryl) which are wrapped around the cylinder, ... «imaging resource, Aug 13»
9
Explosives vapor detection technology: The new 'sniff test'
"Currently we have demonstrated the detection of explosive compounds such as RDX, PETN, nitroglycerine and tetryl, along with plastic explosives that contain ... «Phys.Org, Feb 13»
10
Explosives recycling company misstated storage capacity, led to …
... Virginia when a blast injured one worker and exposed others to toxins from an old military explosive called tetryl, according to documents reviewed by the AP. «Mississippi Press, Feb 13»

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