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3.3 KiB
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Distributed by - MCMLXXXV 612/729-1985!
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Like all chemists I must advise you all to take the greatest care and caution
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when you are doing this. Even if you have made this stuff before.
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This first article will give you information on making nitroglyerin, the
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basic ingredient in a lot of explosives such as straight dynamites, and geletin
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dynamites.
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Making nitroglycerin
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1. Fill a 75-milliliter beaker to the 13 ml. Level with fuming red nitric
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acid, of 98% pure concentration.
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2. Place the beaker in an ice bath and allow to cool below room temp.
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3. After it has cooled, add to it three times the amount of fuming sulferic
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acid (99% h2so4). In other words, add to the now-cool fuming nitric acid 39
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ml. Of fuming sulferic acid. When mixing any acids, always do it slowly and
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carefully to avoid splattering.
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4. When the two are mixed, lower thier temp. By adding more ice to the
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bath, about 10-15 degrees centigrade. (Use a mercury-operated thermometer)
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5. When the acid solution has cooled to the desired temperature, it is ready
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for the glycerin. The glycerin must be added in small amounts using a medicine
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dropper. (Read this step about 10 times!) Glycerin is added slowly and
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carefully (i mean careful!) Until the entire surface of the acid it covered
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with it.
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6. This is a dangerous point since the nitration will take place as soon as
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the glycerin is added. The nitration will produce heat, so the solution must
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be kept below 30 degrees centigrade! If the solution should go above 30
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degrees, immediately dump the solution into the ice bath! This will insure
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that it does not go off in your face!
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7. For hte first ten minutes of nitration, the mixture should be gently
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stirred. In a normal reaction the nitroglycerin will formas a layer on top of
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the acid solution, while the sulferic acid will absorb the excess water.
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8. After the nitration has taken place, and the nitroglycerin has formed on
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the top of the solution, the entire beaker should be transferred slowly and
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carefully to another beaker of water. When this is done the nitroglycerin will
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settle at the bottem so the other acids can be drained away.
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9. After removing as much acid as posible without disturbing the
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nitroglycerin, remove the nitroglycerin with an eyedropper and place it in a
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bicarbonate of soda (sodium bicarbonate in case you didn't know) solution. The
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sodium is an alkalai and will nuetralize much of the acid remaining. This
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process should be repeated as much as necesarry using blue litmus paper to
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check for the presence of acid. The remaining acid only makes the
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nitroglycerin more unstable than it already is.
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10. Finally! The final step is to remove the nitroglycerin from the
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bicarbonate. His is done with and eye- dropper, slowly and carefully. The
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usual test to see if nitration has been successful is to place one drop of the
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nitroglycerin on metal and ignite it. If it is true nitroglycerin it will burn
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with a clear blue flame.
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** Caution **
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nitro is very sensative to decomposition, heating, dropping, or jarring, and
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may explode if left undisturbed and cool.
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