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nitroglycerine
noun
The compound glyceryl-tri-nitrate or 1,2,3 tri-nitrooxy propane; the ester of glycerol with nitric acid; prepared by the careful addition of a mixture of nitric and sulphuric acids to glycerol with constant stirring and cooling; it is a thick, pale yellow liquid, that is highly explosive on concussion or on exposure to sudden heat; it is used in medicine as a vasodilator, and as an explosive in the form of dynamite which is safe to handle.
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Glycerin reacted with nitric and sulfuric acid forms the explosive nitroglycerin (or nitroglycerine).
"The largest bond investor in the world was saying that UK gilts were a no-go area, sitting on a bed of nitroglycerine," he said.
By far the largest was HM Factory Gretna in southern Scotland, which produced cordite – a complex system involving nitric and sulphuric acids, nitroglycerine, gun cotton, mineral jelly, alcohol and ether.
Most achieve this by having waxy coatings on their cuticles.In this section Lightening up Predicting the unpredictable Getting off the ground A dynamite idea ReprintsThe diatom skeletons of which the mineral is composed are able to soak up huge quantities of oily materials such as lanolin and nitroglycerine, in the same way that a sponge soaks up water.
In a typically punchy commentary in January he recommended avoiding British government debt, which was "resting on a bed of nitroglycerine".
The memantine delivered the nitroglycerine to the sick neuron; the nitroglycerine then attached itself to eNMDA receptors and dampened their activity.
Four years ago, he talked of the British bond market resting on a bed of nitroglycerine; three years ago, he worried that yields would rise when the Federal Reserve ended its second round of quantitative easing.
That makes transdermals ideal for people who need, say, hormone-replacement therapy (testosterone or estradiol), treatment for coronary conditions (nitroglycerine), or chronic pain relief (fentanyl).
Its most famous job was probably as the inert agent into which Alfred Nobel absorbed nitroglycerine to make dynamite.
Pimco, one of the world's biggest bond investors, declared that British gilts were "resting on a bed of nitroglycerine".
But by combining memantine with a fragment of another drug, nitroglycerine, Dr Lipton had better luck.
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