nitrated

Given nitrogen groups

Nitrated describes something that has been treated or combined with nitric acid or a nitrate compound.

The process introduces nitrogen-oxygen groups into a substance, often to make it more reactive or explosive: nitrated cotton becomes gun cotton, nitrated glycerin is nitroglycerin.

Common in chemistry and industrial contexts.

explosives

dynamite

Powerful blasting compound

  • TNTPowerful blasting compound
  • corditeSmokeless firearm propellant
  • guncottonNitric-acid-treated fiber explosive

blasting · propellant · detonation · munitions · smokeless powder · Alfred Nobel · mining · demolition · ordnance · sensitizer

synthesis

sulfuric acid

Corrosive H₂SO₄ compound

phenol · aniline · substitution · reactivity · catalyst · concentration · temperature · resonance · esterification · fuming

Categories
Opposites
chemical modification state

nitratedreduced

Made less in amount

untreated · neutralized · native · hydrogenated · pristine

reactive/energetic potential

nitratedstabilized

Made steady or constant

deactivated · desensitized · inert · unreactive · neutralized

Phrases
Family

nitrate, nitrates, nitration

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