Nitroglycerin, boiling point

Owing to decomposition, it is impossible to determine the precise boiling point, though Belayev and Yuzefovich [34] reported that at a pressure of SO mm Hg the boiling point of nitroglycerine is 180°C, whereas under a pressure of 2 mm Hg it is 125°C. 

Belyaev and Yuzefovich heated nitroglycerin and other explosives in vacuum, and procured the results summarized in the following table. The fact that ignition temperatures are fairly close to probable boiling points indicates that high concentrations of vapor exist at the moment when the substances ignite. The authors point out that TNT, PETN, and picric acid neither... 

Nitroglycerine as a solvent Boiling point and vapour pressure Specific gravity and other physical constants Absorption spectra... 

When the nonvolatile liquid explosives are heated, they do not evaporate, but decompose before the temperature reaches the boiling point. The reaction in the liquid takes a very important part such as in nitro compounds, nitra-amine explosives, nitrocellulose gunpowders, nitroglycerine gunpowders, etc. 

Nitroglycerine will be boiling at 180 °C and decomposed to release nitrogen oxide and water vapor. There are diluted nitric acid and a small amount of nitroglycerine in distillate. The boiling point of nitroglycerine is 180 °C at 50 mmHg... 

Dinitrodiglycol exists in two crystalline forms—a stable form melting at a temperature of +2°C and a labile one whose melting point is —10.9°C (thus resembling nitroglycerine). At 20°C it is an oily liquid of density 1.385 g/cm3, boiling and simultaneously decomposing at 160°C. Its refractive index is 1.4517 (at 20°C). 

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