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- @X083@X05.@X0837 @X03 NITROSTARCH EXPLOSIVES
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- @X08Nitrostarch explosives are simple to make@X05,@X08 and are fairly powerful@X05.@X08 All
- that need be done is treat various starches with a mixture of concentrated nitric
- and sulfuric acids@X05.@X08 10 ml of concentrated sulfuric acid is added to 10 ml of
- concentrated nitric acid@X05.@X08 To this mixture is added 0@X05.@X085 grams of starch@X05.@X08 Cold
- water is added@X05,@X08 and the apparently unchanged nitrostarch is filtered out@X05.@X08
- Nitrostarch explosives are of slightly lower power than T@X05.@X08N@X05.@X08T@X05.@X08@X05,@X08 but they are
- more readily detonated@X05.@X08
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