picric acid in English

noun
1
a bitter yellow compound obtained by nitrating phenol, used as a dye and in the manufacture of explosives.
Nitrogen is an important component of common chemical explosives like TNT, nitroglycerin, gunpowder, guncotton, nitrocellulose, picric acid , and ammonium nitrate.

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1. In explosive: Picric acid and ammonium picrate …AN and TNT, known as Amatol

2. Decomposition products in the initial stage show mainly NO2 gas and picric acid.

3. Picric acid is also used in the analytical chemistry of metals, ores, and minerals.

4. The baseline drift is eliminated by the addition of 20% methanol to the picric acid solution.

5. A technique of detecting alkaloid by feeding picric acid to the paper during the separation is described.

6. In 1885, based on research of Hermann Sprengel, French chemist Eugène Turpin patented the use of pressed and cast picric acid in blasting charges and artillery shells.

7. R# Extreme risk of explosion by shock, friction, fire or other sources of ignition-substances and preparations which are particularly sensitive such as picric acid salts or PETN

8. This Creatinine procedure is a kinetic modification of the Jaffe procedure,2 in which Creatinine reacts with picric acid at alkaline pH to form a yellow-orange complex

9. Strong acids, bases and indirectly also ammonia may be determined against the indicator II, whereas indicator I can be employed in the determination of picric acid in acetone, and pyridine as well as of 2,4-dinitrophenol in pyridine.