tetryl Chem.
(ˈtɛtrɪl)
[f. tetra- 2 + -yl.]
1. The monovalent radical of the tetracarbon series, C4H9, also called butyl; chiefly attrib. = tetrylic, as in tetryl hydride = tetrane, tetryl acetate, tetryl alcohol, tetryl aldehyde, tetryl chloride, tetryl oxide, tetryl sulphide, etc.; tetryl compounds, tetryl group, tetryl series, etc.
| 1857 Miller Elem. Chem. III. 195 Tetryl, Butyl, or Valyl..is one of the products obtained during the electrolysis of the valerate of potash. Ibid. 33 Valerianic or Tetrylformic [acid]. 1862 Ibid. 248 Tetryl Glycol (Butyl Glycol). 1868 Watts Dict. Chem. V. 732 None of the tetryl-compounds can be directly prepared from it [tetryl]. Ibid., Tetryl forms compounds with other alcohol-radicles. Tetryl-ethyl, C6H14... Tetryl-amyl, C9H20... Tetryl-hexyl, C10H22. |
2. Also
Tetryl. [
ad. G.
tetril.] A yellow crystalline nitro-amino explosive, tetranitromethylaniline, (NO
2)
3C
6H
2N(CH
3)NO
2, used
esp. as a detonator and priming agent.
| 1909 O. Guttmann Manuf. Explosives iii. 47 The Rheinisch-Westfälische Gesellschaft of Troisdorf make now detonators of Tetranitromethylaniline (called Tetryl). 1977 D. MacKenzie Raven & Ratcatcher v. 75 A box of detonating-caps, the type with tetryl booster-charges. |
Hence
ˈtetrylamine, an amine or compound ammonia of tetryl, also called butylamine;
ˈtetrylate, a salt of tetrylic or butyric acid;
ˈtetrylene, the olefine of the tetryl group, C
4H
8, also called
tetrene and butylene;
attrib. as
tetrylene-diamine;
tetryˈlenic a., pertaining to tetrylene;
tetrylic a., of tetryl, in
tetrylic acid, etc.
| 1868 Watts Dict. Chem. V. 737 With nitrate of silver, *tetrylamine forms a tawny yellow precipitate. |
| 1857 Miller Elem. Chem. III. 190 Hydrocarbons homologous with olefiant gas... 4. *Tetrylene, Butylene, or Oil Gas (C8H8)..was ascertained by Faraday to be one of the products furnished by the destructive distillation of oil. 1868 Watts Dict. Chem. V. 738 Tetrylene at -18° is a colourless mobile oil, having an ethereal but peculiar and penetrating odour. |
| Ibid. 739 *Tetrylenic alcohol, C4H10O2, Tetryl- or Butyl-glycol..a colourless, viscid, inodorous liquid, having a mild aromatic taste. Ibid., Tetrylenic bromide, C4H8Br2..Tetrylenic chloride, C4H8Cl2. |
| 1857 Miller Elem. Chem. III. 127 *Tetrylic alcohol is a colourless liquid of high refracting power, lighter than water. |