Glycerin nitrate

NG. Batch-wise production of NG is described in Vol 6, G99-102, and continuous methods such as the Schmid t-Meissner and Biazzi processes are discussed in Vol 3, C501 — 505. The Swedish injector process and the Hercules tubular nitrator will be described below, but before doing this we will discuss certain aspects of glycerin nitration that are common to both batch and continuous methods, and then contrast the main features of the batch process vs the continuous process... 

In the USA it is common practice to nitrate mixts of glycol and glycerine. These mixed nitrations are essentially similar to pure glycerine nitrations and require no further comment... 

Nitric Acid, Fuming (White or Red)(1325—30) Nitrocellulose (Cellulose Nitrate) (1330—35) Nitroglycerin (Glycerin Nitrate) (1335—36)... 

Glycerol (or Glycerin) Dinitrate. See under Glycerol (or Glycerin) Nitrates and in Blatt,... 

Glycerine Nitrate or Nitroglycerin (NG). Accdg to Ref 2, NG may be destroyed by the so-called sulfur solution , which is prepd by dissolving S in aq Na carbonate soln. Accdg to Mellor (Ref 5a), S dissolves in Na carbonate with formation of polysulfide, thiosulfate and carbon dioxide ... 

FIG. 65. Stabilization of pent acid of glycerine nitration. (Courtesy H. Plinkc 111.)... 

FIG, 67. Dc/iitration of spent acid of glycerine nitration and nitric acid bleaching. (Courtesy Adolf Plinke Solmc, D-6380 Bad Horn burg.)... 

Nitro-glycerine Nitrate of soda Sulphur Charcoal... 

Nitro-glycerine-Nitrate 01 ammonium Wnoil meal (dried at loo C.) Carlumate ol magnesinm -Chloride of potassium Moisture - - - -... 

Properties of Nitro-Glycerine—Manufacture of Nitro-Glycerine—Nitration— The Nathan Nitrator-Separation-Filtering and Washing—The Waste Acids- Treatment of the Waste Acid from the Manufacture of Nitro-Glycerine and Gun-Cotton. 

The nitration of diglycerine to nitro diglycerine is similar with the method of glycerine nitration, but has a little difference because of the difference properties of raw materials. The major reaction is ... 

Nitrate esters find wide use as explosives, e.g. nitroglycerin, CH2 0 N02 Note that, although called /ii7r -glycerin, this com-I pound is in fact glycerin nitrate. An equally misleading... 

Note that, although commonly called //roglycerin, this compound as implied by its systematic name is a nitrate, and its trivial name would more correctly be glycerin nitrate. An equally misleading name is applied to another explosive that we will encounter in Chapter 11 nitrocellulose. 

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