nitroˈmannite
[f. nitro- d.]
An explosive crystalline substance, obtained by treating mannite with nitric and sulphuric acids.
| 1857 Miller Elem. Chem., Org. 91 It is insoluble in water, but is readily dissolved by boiling alcohol; the nitromannite..crystallizes in fine needles as the solution cools. 1864 Spencer Biol. I. 8 Explosiveness is a property of nitro-mannite, and also of nitro-glycerine. 1868 Fownes' Chem. (ed. 10) 670 By fuming nitric acid, or more easily by a mixture of nitric and sulphuric acids, mannite is converted into nitromannite. |