Pentaerythritol tetranitrate

Used in 1 industrial sectors tracked by the EPA.

Molecular structure of 78-11-5
US Production10.6M lbs
Import VolumeZero
Import Dependency0%

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 292090 · basket

This chemical's HS customs code 292090 covers 41chemicals in total. US Census does not break out this chemical's share of that bucket, so the country-of-origin mix is not available. EPA CDR reports import dependency at the chemical level separately, shown above.

EPA-registered manufacturers (2)
Austin Powder
Dyno Nobel

Why It Matters

Sectors
Defense
Downstream UsesNo data available
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 1 sector as 1 functional role.

  • •Energy Releasers (explosives, motive propellant) in Explosives Manufacturing (5%)Processing—incorporation into article

Chemical Identity

CAS78-11-5
PubChem CID6518
DTXSIDDTXSID2023430
FormulaC5H8N4O12
Mol. Weight316.14 g/mol
SMILESC(C(CO[N+](=O)[O-])(CO[N+](=O)[O-])CO[N+](=O)[O-])O[N+](=O)[O-]

Data Sources

DTXSID20234302026-04-06

https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

65182026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/6518/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/6518.json

78-11-52026-04-24

https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting

Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv

CAS 78-11-52026-04-25

https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting

Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv

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