Pentaerythritol tetranitratePentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN), also known as PENT, pentyl, TEN (tetraeritrit nitrate, primarily in Russian), corpent, or penthrite (or, rarely and primarily in German, as nitropenta), is an explosive material. Read from the Chembox of the Wikipedia article Pentaerythritol tetranitrate, revision 1380020580.

Property

Value

Formula

C5H8N4O12, 316.13 g/mol

Melting point

141.3 °C

Boiling point

180 °C

Density

1.77 g/cm³

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