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- @X083@X05.@X0822 @X03 NITROCELLULOSE
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- @X08Nitrocellulose is usually called @X05"@X08gunpowder@X05"@X08 or @X05"@X08guncotton@X05"@X08@X05.@X08 It is more
- stable than black powder@X05,@X08 and it produces a much greater volume of hot gas@X05.@X08 It
- also burns much faster than black powder when it is in a confined space@X05.@X08
- Finally@X05,@X08 nitrocellulose is fairly easy to make@X05,@X08 as outlined by the following
- procedure@X05:@X08
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- MATERIALS EQUIPMENT
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- cotton @X05(@X08cellulose@X05)@X08 two @X05(@X082@X05)@X08 200@X05-@X08300 ml beakers
- concentrated funnel and filter paper
- nitric acid
- blue litmus paper
- concentrated
- sulfuric acid
- distilled water
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- 1@X05)@X08 Pour 10 cc of concentrated sulfuric acid into the beaker@X05.@X08 Add to this
- 10 cc of concentrated nitric acid@X05.@X08
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- 2@X05)@X08 Immediately add 0@X05.@X085 gm of cotton@X05,@X08 and allow it to soak for exactly 3
- minutes@X05.@X08
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- 3@X05)@X08 Remove the nitrocotton@X05,@X08 and transfer it to a beaker of distilled water
- to wash it in@X05.@X08
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- 4@X05)@X08 Allow the material to dry@X05,@X08 and then re@X05-@X08wash it@X05.@X08
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- 5@X05)@X08 After the cotton is neutral when tested with litmus paper@X05,@X08 it is ready to
- be dried and stored@X05.@X08
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