▁secondary ▁explos ive ▁formed ▁by ▁the ▁nit r ation ▁of ▁man nit ol , ▁a ▁sugar ▁alco hol . ▁The ▁product ▁is ▁used ▁in ▁medicine ▁as ▁a ▁vas od il ator ▁and ▁as ▁an ▁explos ive ▁in ▁bl ast ing ▁caps . ▁Its ▁sens itivity ▁is ▁high , ▁particularly ▁at ▁high ▁temper atures ▁( >   7 5   ° C ) ▁where ▁it ▁is ▁slightly ▁more ▁sensitive ▁than ▁nit rog ly cer ine . ▁N it rom ann ite ▁is ▁a ▁class ▁B ▁explos ive . ▁ ▁The ▁production ▁of ▁pure ▁M H N ▁is ▁not ▁a ▁trivial ▁task , ▁since ▁most ▁prepar ations ▁will ▁yield ▁a ▁mixture ▁of ▁M H N ▁and ▁lower ▁est ers ▁( pent an it rate ▁and ▁lower ). ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁ ▁P enta ery th rit ol ▁t et ran it rate ▁( P ET N ) ▁ ▁X yl it ol ▁pent an it rate ▁ ▁E ry th rit ol ▁t et ran it rate ▁( ET N ) ▁ ▁N it rog ly cer in ▁( gly c ery l ▁tr init rate ) ▁ ▁Eth yl ene ▁g ly col ▁d init rate ▁ ▁M eth yl ▁nit rate ▁ ▁References ▁▁ ▁The ▁Chem istry ▁of ▁Pow der ▁and ▁Ex pl os ives , ▁Ten ney ▁L . ▁Davis ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁ ▁Power l abs . org ▁ ▁Category : Ex pl os ive ▁chemical s ▁Category : N it rate ▁est ers ▁Category : S ug ar ▁alco hol