NITROCELLULOSE -= Exodus =-

Nitrocellulose is usually called "gunpowder" or "guncotton". It is more

stable than black powder, and it produces a much greater volume of hot gas. It
also burns much
faster than black powder when it is in a confined space.
Finally, nitrocellulose is fairly
easy to make, as outlined by the following
procedure:

MATERIALS
EQUIPMENT
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cotton (cellulose) two (2) 200-300 ml
beakers

concentrated funnel and filter paper
nitric acid
blue litmus
paper
concentrated
sulfuric acid

distilled water

1) Pour 10 cc of concentrated sulfuric acid into the beaker. Add to this 10
cc of concentrated
nitric acid.

2) Immediately add 0.5 gm of cotton, and allow it to soak for exactly 3

minutes.

3) Remove the nitrocotton, and transfer it to a beaker of distilled
water to
wash it in.

4) Allow the material to dry, and then re-wash it.
/> 5) After the cotton is neutral when tested with litmus paper, it is ready to
be dried and
stored.

Please have a look through some of our related articles:

• PRODUCING CELLULOSE NITRATE
• PRODUCING CELLULOSE NITRATE
• HOW TO MAKE TNT
• BLACK POWDER 3
• Black Powder