THE CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY OF HIGH EXPLOSIVES Vol. II

By Jared Ledgard

CHAPTER I NITRIC ESTERS--GENERAL OUTLINE; HYDROLYSIS OF NITRIC ESTERS; REDUCTION OF NITRIC ESTERS; SOME OTHER REACTIONS OF NITRIC ESTERS; FORMATION OF NITRIC ESTERS; NITRIC ESTERS AS EXPLOSIVES; METHODS OF DETERMINING THE STABILITY OF NITRIC ESTERS; CHAPTER II GLYCEROL TRINITRATE (NITROGLYCERINE); NITROGLYCERINE; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; TOXICITY; LITERATURE; CHAPTER III PRODUCTION OF NITROGLYCERINE; NITRATING TEMPERATURE; DROWNING TANK; SEPARATION OF NITROGLYCERINE FROM ACID; PURIFICATION OF NITROGLYCERINE; FILTERING NITROGLYCERINE; GLYCERIN; ACIDS; BATCH METHODS OF NITROGLYCERINE MANUFACTURE; OLD PROCESSES; NOBEL PROCESS; NATHAN, THOMSON AND R1NTOUL PROCESS; COMBINED PROCESS; CONTINUOUS METHODS OF NITROGLYCERINE MANUFACTURE; CHAPTER IV OTHER GLYCERINE ESTERS; GLYCEROL MONONITRATE; GLYCIDOL NITRATE; DICHLOROHYDRIN NITRATES; DIGLYCEROL TETRANITRATE; CHAPTER VGLYCOL ESTERS; ETHYLENE GLYCOL ESTERS; ETHYLENE GLYCOL MONONITRATE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL DINITRATE ("NITROGLYCOL"); DIETHYLENE GLYCOL DINITRATE; ESTERS OF OTHER GLYCOLS; METHYLENE GLYCOL DINITRATE; TRIMETHYLENE GLYCOL DINITRATE; METHYL GLYCOL DINITRATE; 1,3-BUTYLENE GLYCOL DINITRATE; METHYL NITRATE; EXPLOSIVE PROPERTIES; MANUFACTURE; ETHYL NITRATE; PHYSICAL AND THERMOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; EXPLOSIVE PROPERTIES; n-PROPYL NITRATE; ISOPROPYL NITRATE; CHAPTER VII POLYHYDROXYLIC ALCOHOL ESTERS; BUTANE-1,2,4-TRIOL TRINITRATE; BUTANE-1,2,3-TRIOL TRINITRATE; ERYTHRITOL TETRANITRATE; PENTITOL PENTANITRATES; d-MANNITOL HEXANITRATE ("NITROMANNITOL"); DULCITOL HEXANITRATE ("NITRODULCITOL"); d-SORBITOL HEXANITRATE; DINITRATES OF DIANHYDROHEXITOLS; CHAPTER VIII POLYHYDROXYLIC BRANCHED-CHAIN AND CYCLIC ALCOHOL ESTERS; PENTAERYTHRITOL TETRANITRATE (PETN); PENTAERYTHRITOL; PETN. PETN CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PETN EXPLOSIVE PROPERTIES; THE MANUFACTURE OF PENTAERYTHRITOL TETRANITRATE; MIXED PENTAERYTHRITOL ESTERS AND ESTERIFIED ETHERS; PENTAERYTHRITOL TRINITRATE; DIPENTAERYTHRITOL HEXAN1TRATE; CYCLIC ALCOHOL ESTERS; NITROALCOHOL ESTERS; NITROAROMATIC ALCOHOL NITRATES; VARIOUS NITRIC ESTERS; CHAPTER IX CELLULOSE AND NITROCELLULOSE; LIGNIN; CLASSIFICATION OF CELLULOSE; CHAPTER X GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF NITROCELLULOSE; STRUCTURE OF NITROCELLULOSE; CHAPTER XI CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF NITROCELLULOSE; STABILITY; COMPLEX COMPOUNDS; EXPLOSIVE PROPERTIES OF NITROCELLULOSE; CHAPTER XII NITRATION OF CELLULOSE; NITRATION WITH NITRIC ACID; NITRATION WITH MIXTURES OF NITRIC AND SULFURIC ACIDS; NITRATION WITH MIXTURES OF NITRIC AND ACETIC ACIDS; NITRATION IN MIXTURES AND SOLUTIONS INCLUDING INACTIVE SUBSTANCES; NITRATION WITH NITRIC ACID IN THE PRESENCE OF INORGANIC SALTS; NITRATION WITH NITROGEN OXIDES; NITRATION WITH NITRONIUM CHLORIDE; CHAPTER XIII NITROCELLULOSE MANUFACTURE; PREPARATION OF CELLULOSE MATERIALS FOR NITRATING; CENTRIFUGAL NITRATION; GERMAN METHOD; CHAPTER XIV STABILIZATION OF NITROCELLULOSE PRIMARY WASHING AND BOILING IN KIERS; CHAPTER XV MANUFACTURING SPECIAL TYPES OF NITROCELLULOSE; DYNAMITE COLLODION; CHAPTER XVI NITRIC ESTERS OF POLYSACCHARIDES OTHER THAN CELLULOSE. NITRO-DERIVATIVES OF LIGNIN AND ABIETIC ACID; HEMICELLULOSES AND PENTOSAN NITRATES; PECTIN NITRATES ("NITROPECTINS"); DIALDEHYDE CELLULOSE NITRATES; NITROSTARCH; GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF STARCH; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF NITROSTARCH; NITRATION OF STARCH; NITROCHITIN; NITRO-DERIVATIVES OF ABIETIC ACID; CHAPTER XVII SUGAR NITRATES ("NITROSUGARS"); PREPARATION; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CHAPTER XVIII ESTERS OF OXY-ACIDS OF CHLORINE; CHAPTER XIXSALTS OF NITRIC ACID; AMMONIUM NITRATE; CHEMICAL AND EXPLOSIVE PROPERTIES; HYDRAZINE NITRATE; METHYLAMINE NITRATE; GUANIDINE NITRATE; NITRATES OF ETHANOLAMINE NITRIC ESTERS; OXONIUM NITRATES; CHAPTER XX SALTS OF OXY-ACIDS OF CHLORINE; SALTS OF CHLORIC ACID; SALTS OF PERCHLORIC ACID; AMMONIUM PERCHLORATE; AROMATIC AMINES PERCHLORATES; PERCHLORATES OF HETEROCYCLIC BASES; CARBONIUM AND OXON1UM PERCHLORATES; PERCHLORYL COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC PERCHLORYL COMPOUNDS; SALTS OF OTHER ACIDS

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0BHL2XCF3
• ISBN13: 9798356683817
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 422 Pages
• Dimensions: 11.7" x 1.1" x 8.3"