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dinitrotoluene

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dinitrotoluene

[dī¦nī·trō′täl·yə‚wēn]
(organic chemistry)
Any one of six isomeric substitution products of benzene having the empirical formula CH3C6H3(NO2)2; they are high explosives formed by nitration of toluene. Abbreviated DNT.
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Exposures to trinitrotoluene and dinitrotoluene, used in explosives and munitions, also produce elevated levels of TDA in urine and blood (ECHA 2013).
The modified tubes detected five gases, two of which bare tubes can't sense: the explosive dinitrotoluene and a derivative of the poison sarin.
Examples of plasticizers include nitroglycerine, dibutyl phthalate, dinitrotoluene, ethyl centralite, and triacetin.
Having on hand some 10 or 11 tons of dinitrotoluene, he determined to trinitrate it.
Burlage and his colleagues at Oak Ridge have engineered several strains of the bacterium Pseudomonas putida to glow with visible or fluorescent light when they scavenge TNT and dinitrotoluene, a related chemical (SN: 11/9/96, p.
Our goal was to determine the patient's potential exposure to chemicals known to affect male fertility, namely, dibromochloropropane (DBCP), lead, boron, cadmium, carbaryl, kepone, methyl mercury, toluene, toluenediamine, and dinitrotoluene. We conducted environmental monitoring using both active and passive sampling to estimate the possible exposure levels of solvents in periods when the ventilation system was shut down and during normal ventilation operation.
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