trinitrate Chem.
(traɪˈnaɪtrət)
[f. tri- 5 + nitrate.]
A compound formed from three molecules of nitric acid, HNO3, by the replacement of the three hydrogen atoms by a trivalent element or radical; e.g. bismuth trinitrate, Bi{ppp}(NO3)3; glyceryl trinitrate, C3H5{ppp}(NO3)3, (= trinitrin).
| 1868 Watts Dict. Chem. IV. 83 The [hydrated] trinitrates of aluminium and bismuth..evolve unaltered nitric acid. 1880 Roscoe & Schorlemmer Treat. Chem. II. ii. 338 Bismuth Trinitrate..is obtained in large transparent triclinic prisms. 1912 Thorpe Dict. Appl. Chem. (ed. 2) II. 773 The most important is glyceryl trinitrate, or nitroglycerin. |