Chapter VII · —ANALYSIS OF EXPLOSIVES.

Kieselguhr Dynamite—Gelatine Compounds—Tonite—Cordite—Vaseline— Acetone—Scheme for Analysis of Explosives—Nitro-Cotton—Solubility Test— Non-Nitrated Cotton—Alkalinity—Ash and Inorganic Matter—Determination of Nitrogen—Lunge, Champion and Pellet's, Schultze-Tieman, and Kjeldahl's Methods—Celluloid—Picric Acid and Picrates—Resinous and Tarry Matters— Sulphuric Acid and Hydrochloric Acid and Oxalic Acid—Nitric Acid— Inorganic Impurities—General Impurities and Adulterations—Potassium Picrate, &c.—Picrates of the Alkaloids—Analysis of Glycerine—Residue— Silver Test—Nitration—Total Acid Equivalent—Neutrality—Free Fatty Acids—Combined Fatty Acids—Impurities—Oleic Acid—Sodium Chloride— Determination of Glycerine—Waste Acids—Sodium Nitrate—Mercury Fulminate—Cap Composition—Table for Correction of Volumes of Gases, for Temperature and Pressure