Nitroglycerin Recipe      akakitit.).)    memeanby the Jolly Roger

Like all chemists I must advise you all to take the greatest care
and caution when you are doing this.anEven if you have made this stuff
before.
This first article will give you information on making
nitroglyerin, the basic ingredient in a lot of explosives such as
straight dynamites, and geletin dynamites.
Making nitroglycerin
1.aFill a 75-milliliter beaker to the 13 ml.aLevel with fuming
eanred nitric acid, of 98% pure concentration.
2.aPlace the beaker in an ice bath and allow to cool below room
eantemp.
3.aAfter it has cooled, add to it three times the amount of
eanfuming sulferic acid (99% h2so4).anIn other words, add to the
eannow-cool fuming nitric acid 39 ml.aOfnfuming sulferic acid.
eanWhen mixing any acids, always do it slowly and carefully to
eanavoid splattering.
4.nWhen the two are mixed, lower thier temp. By adding more ice
eanto the bath, about 10-15 degrees centigrade. (Use a
eanmercury-operated thermometer)
5.nWhen the acid solution has coolednto the desired temperature,
eanit is ready for the glycerin.nThe glycerin must be added in
eansmall amounts using anmedicine dropper.an(Read this step about
ean10 times!)anGlycerin is added slowly and carefully (inmean
eancareful!)aUntil the entire surface of the acid it covered with
eanit.
6.nThis is a dangerous point since the nitration will take place
eanas soon as the glycerin is added.nThe nitration will produce
eanheat, so the solution must be kept below 30 degrees
eancentigrade!nIf the solution should go above 30 degrees,
eanimmediately dump the solution into the ice bath!nnThis will
eaninsure that it does not go off in your face!
7.aFor the first ten minutes of nitration, the mixture should be
eangently stirred.nnIn a normal reaction the nitroglycerin will
eanform as a layer on top of the acid solution, while the sulferic
eanacid will absorb the excess water.
8.aAfter the nitration has taken place, and the nitroglycerin has
eanformed on the top of the solution, the entire beaker should be 
eantransferred slowly and carefully to another beaker of water. 
eanWhen this is done the nitroglycerin will settle at the bottem
eanso the other acids can be drained away.
9.aAfter removing as much acid as posible without disturbing the
eannitroglycerin, remove the nitroglycerin with an eyedropper and
eanplacenit in a bicarbonate of soda (sodium bicarbonate in case
eanyou didn't know) solution. nThe sodium is an alkalai and will
eannuetralize much of the acid remaining.nThis process should be
eanrepeated as much as necesarry using blue litmus paper to check
eanfor the presence of acid. nThe remaining acid only makes the
eannitroglycerin more unstable than it already is.
10.aFinally!nThe final step is to remove the nitroglycerin from
ean the bicarbonate. nHis is done with and eye- dropper, slowly
ean and carefully. nThe usual test to see if nitration has been
ean successful is to placenone drop of the nitroglycerin on metal
ean and ignitenit.nnIfnit is true nitroglycerin it will burn with
ean a clear blue flame.
** Caution **
Nitro is very sensative to decomposition, heating dropping, or
jarring, and may explode if left undisturbed and cool.
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