Desensitizing agents

Used industrially as a chemical intermediate for organophosphorus insecticides, as a catalyst in the production of acetic anhydride by the ketene process and used in industry as a plasticizer, fire-retarding agent, antifoaming agent, and desensitizing agent for peroxides. 

NG wax and was of yellow color. The 3rd chge was light-brown in color and consisted of RDX with a desensitizing agent. Mg shavings (1-3 oz per 1 lb of HE) were added to all above demolition chges to increase their incendiary effect... 

There are four basic sensations salty, bitter, sweet, and sour. A combination of efforts is required to mask these tastes. For example, menthol and chloroform act as desensitizing agents a large number of natural and artificial flavors and their combinations are available to mask the bitterness most often found in organic compounds. Most formulators refer the selection of compatible flavors to companies manufacturing these flavors, as they may allow use of their drug master file... 

Non-explosive substances which, when molten, act as solvents for explosives, are another type of desensitizing agents. For instance, pentaerythritol tetra-acetate was suggested by Bombrini-Parodi Delfino [43] as a phlegmatizer of PETN. 

Clinical use Resiniferatoxin has been characterized as an ultrapotent sensory neuron desensitizing agent. It is 100 to 10,000 times more potent than capsaicin, has a longer duration of action, is much less irritating, and is substantially more effective in producing neural... 

A new set of ideal characteristics for the desensitizing agent for use with RDX for producing Compn A-3 is contained in Ref 55. These characteristics are ... 

The extreme sensitivity of LS to electrostatic discharge was the reason behind the work on desensitized LS development and manufacture. One of the methods of desensitization is based on washing the final product with a solution of a desensitizing agent (e.g., benzene solution bee wax) [33]. The LS acquires the form of uniform granules, less sensitive to mechanical stimuli and electrostatic discharge, however, still keeping the same desired sensitivity to flame as the non-desensitized variety [10]. 

Jose, P. et al. (2011) Degree of conversion of two dentin bonding agents with and without a desensitizing agent using fourier transform infrared spectroscopy an in vitro study. /. Conserv. Dent, 14 (3), 302 -305. 

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