US234489A - Explosive compound - Google Patents
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- US234489A US234489A US234489DA US234489A US 234489 A US234489 A US 234489A US 234489D A US234489D A US 234489DA US 234489 A US234489 A US 234489A
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- 239000002360 explosive Substances 0.000 title description 12
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- SNIOPGDIGTZGOP-UHFFFAOYSA-N 1,2,3-propanetrioltrinitrate Chemical compound [O-][N+](=O)OCC(O[N+]([O-])=O)CO[N+]([O-])=O SNIOPGDIGTZGOP-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 28
- 229960003711 glyceryl trinitrate Drugs 0.000 description 28
- OKKJLVBELUTLKV-UHFFFAOYSA-N methanol Chemical compound OC OKKJLVBELUTLKV-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 12
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- KHPCPRHQVVSZAH-HUOMCSJISA-N Rosin Natural products O(C/C=C/c1ccccc1)[C@H]1[C@H](O)[C@@H](O)[C@@H](O)[C@@H](CO)O1 KHPCPRHQVVSZAH-HUOMCSJISA-N 0.000 description 4
- HEDRZPFGACZZDS-UHFFFAOYSA-N chloroform Chemical compound ClC(Cl)Cl HEDRZPFGACZZDS-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 4
- RTZKZFJDLAIYFH-UHFFFAOYSA-N diethyl ether Chemical compound CCOCC RTZKZFJDLAIYFH-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 4
- 238000004821 distillation Methods 0.000 description 4
- 239000000203 mixture Substances 0.000 description 4
- 239000012261 resinous substance Substances 0.000 description 4
- UHBVTTDRNVAOJD-UHFFFAOYSA-N 1-nitropropane-1,2,3-triol Chemical compound OCC(O)C(O)[N+]([O-])=O UHBVTTDRNVAOJD-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- 241000005139 Lycium andersonii Species 0.000 description 2
- 239000000020 Nitrocellulose Substances 0.000 description 2
- 229940079938 Nitrocellulose Drugs 0.000 description 2
- 229920001800 Shellac Polymers 0.000 description 2
- FJWGYAHXMCUOOM-QHOUIDNNSA-N [(2S,3R,4S,5R,6R)-2-[(2R,3R,4S,5R,6S)-4,5-dinitrooxy-2-(nitrooxymethyl)-6-[(2R,3R,4S,5R,6S)-4,5,6-trinitrooxy-2-(nitrooxymethyl)oxan-3-yl]oxyoxan-3-yl]oxy-3,5-dinitrooxy-6-(nitrooxymethyl)oxan-4-yl] nitrate Chemical compound O([C@@H]1O[C@@H]([C@H]([C@H](O[N+]([O-])=O)[C@H]1O[N+]([O-])=O)O[C@H]1[C@@H]([C@@H](O[N+]([O-])=O)[C@H](O[N+]([O-])=O)[C@@H](CO[N+]([O-])=O)O1)O[N+]([O-])=O)CO[N+](=O)[O-])[C@@H]1[C@@H](CO[N+]([O-])=O)O[C@@H](O[N+]([O-])=O)[C@H](O[N+]([O-])=O)[C@H]1O[N+]([O-])=O FJWGYAHXMCUOOM-QHOUIDNNSA-N 0.000 description 2
- 239000002250 absorbent Substances 0.000 description 2
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- 230000001476 alcoholic Effects 0.000 description 2
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- 229920002678 cellulose Polymers 0.000 description 2
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- 238000006243 chemical reaction Methods 0.000 description 2
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- 238000001035 drying Methods 0.000 description 2
- LFQSCWFLJHTTHZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N ethanol Chemical compound CCO LFQSCWFLJHTTHZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- USXDFAGDIOXNML-UHFFFAOYSA-N fulminate Chemical compound [O-][N+]#[C-] USXDFAGDIOXNML-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- 238000005469 granulation Methods 0.000 description 2
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- 239000003721 gunpowder Substances 0.000 description 2
- 239000008240 homogeneous mixture Substances 0.000 description 2
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- 239000007788 liquid Substances 0.000 description 2
- 239000000463 material Substances 0.000 description 2
- 125000002496 methyl group Chemical group [H]C([H])([H])* 0.000 description 2
- NHNBFGGVMKEFGY-UHFFFAOYSA-N nitrate Chemical compound [O-][N+]([O-])=O NHNBFGGVMKEFGY-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- 229920001220 nitrocellulos Polymers 0.000 description 2
- 229940113147 shellac Drugs 0.000 description 2
- 235000013874 shellac Nutrition 0.000 description 2
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C06—EXPLOSIVES; MATCHES
- C06B—EXPLOSIVES OR THERMIC COMPOSITIONS; MANUFACTURE THEREOF; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS EXPLOSIVES
- C06B25/00—Compositions containing a nitrated organic compound
- C06B25/10—Compositions containing a nitrated organic compound the compound being nitroglycerine
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- My invention relates to the conversion of nitro-glycerine into a hard, dry mass, which is capable of being granulated or pulverized, and which can be handled and transported. with perfect safety, and is free from the iuj urious effects and dangerous properties of nitro-glycerine, and which, furth er, can- 'not be exploded by heat, fire, or concussion while in an unconfined state, but is easily exploded when confined by the use of a fulminate cap, such as isused in exploding ordinary dynamite compounds.
- nitro-glycerine is mixed with non-explosive and incombustible "eefths, the nitro-glyoerihe being only in an absorbed condition, and the explosive force being dependent wholly upon the amount of nitro-glycerine therein contained, the absorbentsmust necessarily contain a large amount of that explosive substance, or they are extremely difficult to explode, and are therefore practically useless, and there is always a liability of the nitro-glycerine leaking out under the varying temperatures of climate to which they are exposed, and thus become nearly if not quite as dangerous as liquid nitro-glycerine itself.
- the temperature of the distilling-vessel is raised, by means of a water-jacket or exterior hot material, sufficiently high to volatilize the alcoholic or other solvent.
- the distilling temperature to evaporate need not exceed 150 Fahrenheit. It is desirable for economy to connect the distilling-vessel with a suitable condenser to collect the solvent for repeated use.
- thestirrers are set in motion, in order to breakdown the mass, so that it may be discharged from the vessel in a more or less pulverized form.
- the proportion of the substances to produce the hardened nitro-glycerine would be as follows: to twenty-five parts, by weight, of nitroglyeerine I. add fifty-parts of methyl-alcohol and seventy-fivc parts of resin.
Description
UNITED STATES l l I l l PATENT FFIC EXPLOSIVE SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 234,{189,
COMIPOUND.
dated November 16, 1880.
Application filed November 1, 1879.
mixed with nitro-cellulose to form agelatinous mass, and that in an English patent to H. E. Newton, No. 4,179 of the year 1875, (communication from A. Nobeh) the use of nitrated ,collodion cellulose is claimed for thickening nitro-glyceriue and nitrate of methyl into a gelatinous mass.-
My invention, however, relates to the conversion of nitro-glycerine into a hard, dry mass, which is capable of being granulated or pulverized, and which can be handled and transported. with perfect safety, and is free from the iuj urious effects and dangerous properties of nitro-glycerine, and which, furth er, can- 'not be exploded by heat, fire, or concussion while in an unconfined state, but is easily exploded when confined by the use of a fulminate cap, such as isused in exploding ordinary dynamite compounds.
lmtlleulitterent dynamite now and heretofore manufactured in which nitro-glycerine is mixed with non-explosive and incombustible "eefths, the nitro-glyoerihe being only in an absorbed condition, and the explosive force being dependent wholly upon the amount of nitro-glycerine therein contained, the absorbentsmust necessarily contain a large amount of that explosive substance, or they are extremely difficult to explode, and are therefore practically useless, and there is always a liability of the nitro-glycerine leaking out under the varying temperatures of climate to which they are exposed, and thus become nearly if not quite as dangerous as liquid nitro-glycerine itself. Further, explosives in which mealed gunpowder or other aualogous substances are used as the absorbents for the nitro-glycerine are extremely dangerous to handle, on account of their low ignitingpoint, and consequent liability to explode from a spark, friction, heat, or concussion.
In my improved compound all of these defects are entirely overcome, and my'object is to produce asubstance which shall lack all of the above objectionable qualities, and yet shall be equal to the best of them in exploding qualities.
In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention ap-pertains to make'and use this solidified nitro-glycerine, I will proceed to describe my method of preparing the same, though I do not wish to be limited to the use only of thematerials named, but claim also the use of other substances equivalent thereto.
. Idissol-vecom mon yellow rosin or eolophou y, or its equivalent resiu, or..gum-resin, (such as gun'i'i'eopal, shellac, or saudarac,) in sufficient alcohol, chloroform, ether, or other equivalent solvent capable of dissolvin g both the resin and nitro-glycerine to effect a complete. solution,- (preferring the ordinary methyl-alcohol or woodspirits as being the cheapest,) either in the cold or by the aid ofheat obtained by a waterbath heated to about 120 Fahrenheit. To this solution, when cold-thatis, when reduced to the ordinary temperature of the air-J add an amount of nitro-glycerine equivalent to about one-third of the weight of the-resin dissolved, andi'n'troduce this mixture into a distilling apparatus provided with stirrers.
The temperature of the distilling-vessel is raised, by means of a water-jacket or exterior hot material, sufficiently high to volatilize the alcoholic or other solvent. In the case of methyl-alcohol the distilling temperature to evaporate need not exceed 150 Fahrenheit. It is desirable for economy to connect the distilling-vessel with a suitable condenser to collect the solvent for repeated use.
During the process of distillation thestirrers are set in motion, in order to breakdown the mass, so that it may be discharged from the vessel in a more or less pulverized form.
Other methods of granulation may be used, if it is not desirable to save the solventfor further useas, for instance, by stirring the drying mixture with a wooden rake, or by rubbing it through a sieve with a stili' brush. In general, however, it will be found more economical and equally as effective to arrange for the distillation and collection of the solvent by some of the devices well known in the arts for that purpose. The proportions of onefourth nitro-glycerine and three-fourths colophony may be varied as circumstances may require, within this limit, however, that there must always be sufficient of the resinous substance used to combine with the nitroglycerine to form a dry, hard substance or product when the solvent is evaporated or distilled.
By this process I produce a perfectly homogeneous mixture of nitro-glycerine and the resinous substance, 'which'ean be handled and transported with perfect safety, and which is free from the injurious effects of the pure nitro glyceri ne. I
The proportion of the substances to produce the hardened nitro-glycerine would be as follows: to twenty-five parts, by weight, of nitroglyeerine I. add fifty-parts of methyl-alcohol and seventy-fivc parts of resin.
Having thus described my process of manuconsisting of nitro-glyeerine and resinous or equivalent substance, formed into a hard, dry,
solid, granulated, or pulverized mass, sub- 30 stantially as described.
CHARLES A. MORSE.
Witnesses:
R. H. EDDY, W. W. LUNT.
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US3450584A (en) * | 1966-08-22 | 1969-06-17 | Nippon Kayaku Kk | Gelatinized dynamite containing polyvinyl butyral resin and method of producing same |
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