"Acetone" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... trinitrate-dinitrobenzoate.—On treating the fibrous benzoate—which is a dibenzoate on the C{12} basis—with the acid mixture under the usual conditions, a yellowish product is obtained, with a yield of 140-142 p.ct. The nitrobenzoate is insoluble in ether alcohol, but is soluble in acetone, acetic acid, and nitrobenzene. In purifying the product the former solvent is used to remove any cellulose nitrates. To obtain the maximum combination with nitroxy-groups, the product was dissolved in concentrated nitric acid, and the solution ...
— Researches on Cellulose - 1895-1900 • C. F. Cross
... to do it. In that tank is a porous asbestos packing saturated with acetone, under pressure. Thus I can carry acetylene safely, for it is dissolved, and the possibility of explosion is minimised. This mixing chamber by which I am holding the torch, where the oxygen and acetylene mix, is also designed in such a way as to prevent a flash-back. The best thing ...
— The Silent Bullet • Arthur B. Reeve |
