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58 lines
3.4 KiB
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How To Make TNT
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Probably the most inportant explosive compound in use today is
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TNT (trinitrotoluene). This and other types of high explosives are all used by
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the military, because of their fantastic power--about 2.25 million pounds per
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square inch, and their great stability.TNT also has the great advantage of
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being able to be melted at 82 degrees F., so that it can be poured into shells,
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mortars, and any other projectiles. Military TNT comes in containers which
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resemble dry-cell batteries, and are usually ignited by an electrical charge,
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coupled with an electrical blasting cap, although there are different methods.
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Preperation of TNT:
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1. take two beakers. In the first, prepare a solution of 76 percent sulferic
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acid (battery acid), 23 percent nitric acid, and 1 percent water. In the other
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beaker, prepare another solution of 57 percent nitric acid and 43 percent
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sulferic acid (percentages on a weight ratio rather than volume).
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2. Ten grams of the first solution are poured into an empty beaker and
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placed in an ice bath.
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3. Add ten grams of toluene, and stir for several minutes.
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4. Remove thebeaker from the ice bath and gently heat it untill it reaches
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50 degrees C. The solution is stirred constantly while being heated.
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5. Fifty additional grams of the acid, from the first beaker, are added and
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the temperature is allowed to rise to 55 degrees C. This temperature is heald
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for the next ten minutes, and an oily liquid will begin to form on the top of
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the acid.
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6. After 10 or 12 minutes, the acid solution is returned to the ice bath,
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and cooled to 45 degrees C. When reaching this temperature, the oily liquid
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will sink to the bottom of the beaker. At this point, the remaining acid
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should be drawn off, by using a syringe.
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7. Fifty more grams of the first acid solution are added to the oily liquid
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while the temperature is *slowly* being raised to 83 Degrees C. After this
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temperature is reached, it is maintained for a whole half hour.
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8. At the end of this period, the solution should be allowed to cool to 60
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degrees C., and is heald at this temperature for another full half hour. After
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this, the acid is again drawn off, leaving only the oily liquid at the bottom.
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9. Thirty grams of sulferic acid are added, while the oily liquid is gently
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heated to 80 degrees C. All temperature increases must be accomplished slowly
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and gently.
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10. Once the desired temperature is reached, 30 grams of the second
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solution of acid are added, and the temperature is raised from 80 degrees C to
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104 degrees C., and is heald for three hours.
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11. After this three hour period, the mixture is lowered to 100 degrees C.
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and is heald there for a half an hour.
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12. after this half hour, the oil is removed from the acid and washed with
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boiling water.
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13. After the washing with boiling water, while being stirred constantly,
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the TNT will begin to solidify.
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14. When the solidification has started, cold water is added to the beaker,
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so that the TNT will form into pellets.
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Once this is done, you have a good quality of TNT.
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***NOTE***: the temperatures used in this preperation of TNT are exact, and
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must be used as such.Do not estimate or use approximations. Buy a good
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centigrade thermometer.
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