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It is typically used in tablet form taken under the tongue. It is primarily used to treat Angina pain as it causes blood vessels to dilate allowing a greater blood flow.

It is also an explosive liquid that can be detonated with sudden sharp motion and is a component of trinitrotoluene or TNT.

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