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  • She's got about three thousand gallons of my ether-alcohol mixture in one of her tanks.

    On The Beach Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 1957

  • It is believed to be melted picric acid together with gun-cotton dissolved in acetone or ether-alcohol.

    Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise

  • These last are soluble in various solvents, such as ether-alcohol and nitro-glycerine, in which the hexa-nitrate is insoluble.

    Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise

  • The ether-alcohol mixture is allowed to evaporate spontaneously, and the resulting cake granulated.

    Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise

  • The weighed residue must afterwards be treated in a flask with ether-alcohol to dissolve out the nitro-cotton.

    Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise

  • About 10 to 15 c.c. of colloid solution and a film of insoluble matter remain at the bottom of the cup; these are stirred up well, the stirrer is rinsed with ether-alcohol, about 50 c.c. of fresh ether-alcohol are added; the mixture is again treated in the centrifugal apparatus for about eight minutes; the whole washing process is then repeated until all soluble matter has been removed.

    Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise

  • The author considers that the new collodion can be used entirely in place of the ordinary ether-alcohol collodion.

    Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 C. F. Cross

  • Five grms. may be dissolved in ether-alcohol in a conical flask, allowed to stand all night, and then filtered through a linen filter.

    Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise

  • Recently, however, Osborne and Mendel have presented data in regard to this binding and shown that if for ether we substitute an ether-alcohol mixture the removal of the "A" with the fat is fairly complete even from vegetable sources.

    The Vitamine Manual Walter H. Eddy

  • In fact, chemists are now more inclined to divide nitro-cellulose into the soluble and insoluble forms, the reason being that it is quite easy to make a nitro-cellulose entirely soluble in a mixture of ether-alcohol, and yet containing as high a percentage of nitrogen as 12.6; whereas the di-nitrate [A] should theoretically only contain 11.11 per cent.

    Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise

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