nitromethane

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Short-stroking 224 15K RPM drives is the equivalent of fueling a dragster with nitromethane -- it is top performance at a price so high as to be useless off the dragstrip.

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  1. noun A colorless, oily liquid, CH3NO2, used in making dyes and resins, in organic synthesis, as a fuel in race car engines, and as a rocket propellant.

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  • A simple distillation of chemicals with boiling points as similar as nitromethane (101.2 C) and methyl alcohol (64.6 C) would end up being nearly the same in the end, only minus the castor oil. —  The Explosives and Weapons Forum: concentrating nitromethane?
  • Even if you managed to detonate straight nitromethane, you won't get hydrogen gas as a product. —  The Explosives and Weapons Forum: Balancing AN+NM formula
  • Following the recipe from the manual, the Lampleys "cooked" the ammonium nitrate, and obtained accelerants, such as nitromethane and powdered aluminum. —  Report on the Availability of Bombmaking Information
  • Short-stroking 224 15K RPM drives is the equivalent of fueling a dragster with nitromethane -- it is top performance at a price so high as to be useless off the dragstrip. —  Sun Bloggers
  • -- In an ongoing effort to assist in curtailing escalating costs associated with the operation of professional nitromethane category vehicles —  HeraldNet.com Local, Sports, Business and Entertainment News
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/naɪtrəˈmɛθeɪn/
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