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(2014) Biological remediation of explosive residues, Dordrecht, Springer.

Bacterial and fungal degradation of nitroglycrine

Divya Bhatia , Anita Grewal , Meenu Rathi , Deepak Kumar Malik

pp. 149-161

Nitroglycerin (NG) is also known as trinitroglycerine, glyceryl trinitrate or more formally: 1,2,3-trinitroxypropane. It is a heavy, colourless, oily, explosive liquid. Glycerol trinitrate (GTN) is a nitrate ester formed by the action of nitronium ions on the hydroxyl groups of glycerol.

Publication details

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-01083-0_7

Full citation:

Bhatia, D. , Grewal, A. , Rathi, M. , Kumar Malik, D. (2014)., Bacterial and fungal degradation of nitroglycrine, in S. N. Singh (ed.), Biological remediation of explosive residues, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 149-161.

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