ethyl nitrate

noun

, Chemistry.

1. a colorless, sweet, water-insoluble, extremely explosive liquid, C 2 H 5 NO 3 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.

Example Sentences

Kat 15� C. Kat −185�C. Water 80 2.4 to 2.9 Formic acid 62 2.41 Glycerine 56 3.2 Methyl alcohol 34 3.13 Nitrobenzene 32 2.6 Ethyl alcohol 25 3.1 Acetone 21.85 2.62 Ethyl nitrate 17.7 2.73 Amyl alcohol 16 2.14 Aniline 7.5 2.92 Castor oil 4.78 2.19 Ethyl ether 4.25 2.31 The above determinations at low temperature were made with either a steady or a slowly alternating electric force applied a hundred times a second.

From Project Gutenberg

Determinations of the lowering of the freezing point of nitro- glycerine by additions of benzene, nitro-benzene, di-nitro-benzene, tri- nitro-benzene, p.-nitro-toluene, o.-nitro-toluene, di-nitro-toluene, naphthalene, nitro-naphthalene, di-nitro-naphthalene, ethyl acetate, ethyl nitrate, and methyl alcohol, gave results agreeing fairly well with Raoult's formula, except in the case of methyl alcohol, for which the calculated lowering of the freezing point was greater than that observed, probably owing to the formation of complex molecules in the solution.

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