Thomson’s Process of Manufg

PP 378-80 Ref 8, pp 100-02). Method of stabilisation of NC by boiling in w is described in Ref 2, p 183- The yield on dry cotton waste, at Dart-ford Works, was only 160.0% when centrifuges were used w/o acid circulation D. Displacement Process of Thomson, called also Nathan and Thomson s Displacement Process, It has been used since 1905 at Waltham Abbey, England, Most of the British plants manufg NC for use tn Cordite are still using this method. For example, the Cordite plant of Canadian Industries Ltd at Beloeil, near Montreal used this process during WWII. Thomson s nitrators were installed in 1908 at Picatinny Arsenal, but were later re-... 

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