Chapter 7

Kieselguhr Dynamite--Gelatine Compounds--Tonite--Cordite--Vaseline-- Acetone--Scheme for Analysis of Explosives--Nitro-Cotton--Solubility Test-- Non-Nitrated Cotton--Alkalinity--Ash and Inorganic Matter--Determination of Nitrogen--Lungé, Champion and Pellet's, Schultze-Tieman, and Kjeldahl's Methods--Celluloid--Picric Acid and Picrates--Resinous and Tarry Matters-- Sulphuric Acid and Hydrochloric Acid and Oxalic Acid--Nitric Acid-- Inorganic Impurities--General Impurities and Adulterations--Potassium Picrate, &c.--Picrates of the Alkaloids--Analysis of Glycerine--Residue-- Silver Test--Nitration--Total Acid Equivalent--Neutrality--Free Fatty Acids--Combined Fatty Acids--Impurities--Oleic Acid--Sodium Chloride-- Determination of Glycerine--Waste Acids--Sodium Nitrate--Mercury Fulminate--Cap Composition--Table for Correction of Volumes of Gases, for Temperature and Pressure