Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise By P. Gerald Sanford

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Book Excerpt: {16}O_{6}(ONO_{2})_{4}, the penta- and hexa-nitro-starch. They are formed by acting upon potatostarch dried at 100° C. with a mixture of nitric and sulphuric acids at atemperature of 20° to 25° C. Rice starch has also been used in itsproduction. Muhlhauer proposes to use this body as a smokeless powder, andto nitrate it with the spent mixed acids from the manufacture of nitro-glycerine. This substance contains from 10.96 to 11.09 per cent. ofnitrogen. It is a white substance, very stable and soluble even in coldnitro-glycerine.The explosive bodies formed by the nitration of jute have been studied byMessrs Cross and Bevan. and also by Mühlhäuer. The former chemists givejute the formula C_{12}H_{18}O_{9}, and believe that its conversion into anitro-compound takes place according to the equation--C_{12}H_{18}O_{9} + 3HNO_{3} = 3H_{2}O + C_{12}H_{15}O_(6}(NO_{3})_{3}.This is equivalent to a gain in weight of 44 per cent. for the tri-nitrate, and 58 per cent. for the tetra-nitrate. The formaRead More