Increased handling sensitivity of molten erythritol tetranitrate (ETN)

Metabolism of Inorganic Nitrite and Nitrate Esters Ii. the Enzymatic Reduction of Nitroglycerin and Erythritol Tetranitrate by Glutathione

A clinical trial of penta-erythritol tetranitrate, a khellin derivative (recordil), and iproniazid in angina of effort.

That there is room for improvement in the medicinal treatment of angina of effort, no one will dispute. The clinical trial to be described was designed to test the efficacy of a khellin derivative, iproniazid, and the already widely used penta-erythritol tetranitrate, in the relief of anginal pain. THE DRUGS Penta-erythritol tetranitrate (P.E.T.N.) has the chemical formula CH20NO2 CH2ONO2 C CH2...

Reliability Measures Improvement and Sensitivity Analysis of a Coal Handling Unit for Thermal Power Plant

The present paper investigates the reliability and sensitivity analysis of a coal handling unit of a thermal power plant using a probabilistic approach. Coal handling unit is the main block of a thermal power plant and it is necessary for a good function of a power plant that its power supply, which is dealt in coal handling unit, must function continuously without any obstacle. The configurati...

Explanation of the colossal detonation sensitivity of silicon pentaerythritol tetranitrate (Si-PETN) explosive.

DFT calculations have identified the novel rearrangement shown here for decomposition of the Si derivative of the PETN explosive [PentaErythritol TetraNitrate (PETN), C(CH(2)ONO(2))(4)] that explains the very dramatic increase in sensitivity observed experimentally. The critical difference is that Si-PETN allows a favorable five-coordinate transition state in which the new Si-O and C-O bonds fo...

Quantifying the stability of trace explosives under different environmental conditions using electrospray ionization mass spectrometry.

This work investigates the stability of trace (tens of nanograms) deposits of six explosives: erythritol tetranitrate (ETN), pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN), cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine (RDX), cyclotetramethylenetetranitramine (HMX), 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT), and 2,4,6-trinitrophenylmethylnitramine (tetryl) to determine environmental stabilities and lifetimes of trace level materials. ...