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references pentaerythritol tetranitrate (petn), also known as pent, penta, ten, corpent, or penthrite (or, rarely and primarily in german, as nitropenta), is an explosive material . it is the nitrate ester of pentaerythritol , and is structurally very similar to nitroglycerin . penta refers to the five carbon
aqueous solutions . water at °c or above causes hydrolysis to dinitrate; presence of % nitric acid accelerates the reaction. the chemical stability of petn is of interest, because of the presence of petn in aging weapons. a review has been published. [ ] neutron radiation degrades petn, producing carbon...
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