Gelatinizing agents

CH3 CH(ON02 )CH2 OCH2 CH(ON02 )CH2 ono2, and also claimed its use as an explosive and gelatinizing agent... 

Fenchon (l,3,3 Trimethyl-2-norcamphanone), CtoHjoO mw 152.23 colorless oil with camphor-like odor, sp gr 0.9465 at 19°, fr p 5-6°, bp 193—95° insol in w, v sol in ale or eth. This ketone is found as dextro-fenchone in oil of fennel, and as levo-fenchone in oil of tuja. It is a solvent for NC forming a molecular compd in solns and has been used as moderator and gelatinizing agent in single-base or double-base proplnts Refs 1) Beil 7, 96 2) C. Claessen, USP... 

The triacetin functions as a flash reducing and gelatinizing agent)... 

Gelatinizing Agents. Same as Colloiding Agents described in Vol 3, pp C398-L to C403-L... 

The crit diam of deton and the max gap distance for sympathetic deton in the test expl were used as criteria of sensitization. Reliable sensitization by NG on NaCl occurred at a level of 8% NG, when the particle size of NaCl was 0.2—0.3mm. At sizes <50 micron ca 20% was required. Sensitization by 1 1 mixts of NG DEGcDN was similar to pure NG. Pure DEGcDN at a level 10% NaCl did not detonate even at a chge diam of 32 mm. The use of gelatinizing agents, such as NC or poly (Me methacrylate) decreased the sensitizing capacity of NG. RDX PETN were effective sensitizers when measured by crit diam, but are less effective than NG with respect to gap test. Combinations of solid and liquid expls were recommended]... 

This new expl forms a homogeneous, stable emulsion with NC. Desseigne patented this compd as an expl St gelatinizing agent (Ref 3)... 

The gelatinizing props of benzyl benzoate suggest that nitro or dinitro derivs may also be used as gelatinizing agents for NC... 

Manuf of smokeless powder) ll)Anon, Military Explosives , WarDept TM 9 2900 (1940), 20-33 (Manuf of smokeless powder) 12)Davis (1943), 287 330 (Smokeless powders) 320-22 (Gelatinizing agents for NC) 13)Perez Ara (1945), 401-56 (Pdlvoras sin humo) 14) Mangini, Esplosivi (1947), 233-35 (Polvere senza fumo) 15)Vivas, Feigenspan Ladreda 3(1948), 105-204 (Polvoras sin humo de nitro-cellulosa) l6)Stettbacher (1948), 39-.49 (Die rauchlosen Pulver) 17)Stettbacher (1952),... 

This classification is offered, not in any belief that it clarifies a matter which is otherwise difficult to understand, but because it directs attention to the various possibilities and displays their relationships to one another. Some of the possibilities correspond to powders which are or have been used in this country or in Europe, and which are sufficiently described for our present purpose if they are mentioned specifically. Others will be discussed at greater length in the sections, below, which are concerned with the absorption of moisture, with gelatinizing agents, and with flashless charges and flashless powder. All the possibilities are actually exploited, though not always separately. 

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