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  • noun organic chemistry pentaerythritol tetranitrate

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  • The Greenland parliament regulates minke and fin whaling by, in part, requiring that whalers have a full-time hunting license, reside in Greenland, and have a “close affiliation” with Greenlandic society, a special whaling permit issued for each whale taken, and, at minimum, a 50 mm harpoon canon with a penthrite grenade (if a fishing vessel is used, the harpoon canon offers the best method for killing the animal).

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