trinitrobenzene

noun

tri·​ni·​tro·​benzene

(¦)trī¦nī‧trō+

: a light yellow crystalline compound C₆H₃(NO₂)₃ that is a more powerful yet more stable explosive than trinitrotoluene but is little used because of the difficulties of its preparation usually indirectly from toluene

called also TNB, 1,3,5-trinitrobenzene

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary trinitr- + benzene

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