nitroguanidine

noun

ni·​tro·​guanidine

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: a crystalline smokeless flashless propellant HN=C(NH₂)NHNO₂ obtained usually by treating guanidine nitrate with concentrated sulfuric acid and used as a component in military smokeless powder (as in guns requiring rapid firing without overheating the barrel of the gun)

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary nitr- + guanidine

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