Ecrasite is an explosive material which is unaffected by moisture, shock or fire.[1] It is a mixture of ammonium salts of cresol, phenol and various nitrocresols and nitrophenols principally trinitrocresol and picric acid. It was invented in 1888-1889 by two Austrian engineers named Siersch and Kubin, and used in Austria-Hungary to load artillery shells. Ecrasite was patented secretly, and its composition was once unknown.[2]
Ecrasite is prepared by the partial nitration of a crude mixture of cresol and phenol with a mixture of concentrated sulfuric and nitric acids and the neutralisation of the product with ammonia to produce a crude salt similar to ammonium picrate.
Ecrasite is a bright yellow solid. It is waxy to touch and melts at about 100 °C. When subjected to open flame, it burns without detonation, unless confined. It is insensitive to friction. It requires a detonator for initiation. Its general adoption was hindered by several unexplained explosions during loading into shells, which might have been caused by creation of unstable metal salts of trinitrocresol and/or trinitrophenol when the explosive came in contact with metals or alloys such as copper, brass (widely used for manufacturing detonator parts) and possibly other ones.[3]
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^Ann Vandermeer; Jeff VanderMeer (2 July 2019). The Big Book of Classic Fantasy. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. pp. 1310–. ISBN978-0-525-43557-0.
^United States. Office of Naval Intelligence (1891). General Information Series ... U.S. Government Printing Office.
^Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise by P. Gerald Sanford - Project Gutenberg
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ecrasite, explosive, material, which, unaffected, moisture, shock, fire, mixture, ammonium, salts, cresol, phenol, various, nitrocresols, nitrophenols, principally, trinitrocresol, picric, acid, invented, 1888, 1889, austrian, engineers, named, siersch, kubin,. Ecrasite is an explosive material which is unaffected by moisture shock or fire 1 It is a mixture of ammonium salts of cresol phenol and various nitrocresols and nitrophenols principally trinitrocresol and picric acid It was invented in 1888 1889 by two Austrian engineers named Siersch and Kubin and used in Austria Hungary to load artillery shells Ecrasite was patented secretly and its composition was once unknown 2 Ecrasite is prepared by the partial nitration of a crude mixture of cresol and phenol with a mixture of concentrated sulfuric and nitric acids and the neutralisation of the product with ammonia to produce a crude salt similar to ammonium picrate Ecrasite is a bright yellow solid It is waxy to touch and melts at about 100 C When subjected to open flame it burns without detonation unless confined It is insensitive to friction It requires a detonator for initiation Its general adoption was hindered by several unexplained explosions during loading into shells which might have been caused by creation of unstable metal salts of trinitrocresol and or trinitrophenol when the explosive came in contact with metals or alloys such as copper brass widely used for manufacturing detonator parts and possibly other ones 3 References edit Ann Vandermeer Jeff VanderMeer 2 July 2019 The Big Book of Classic Fantasy Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group pp 1310 ISBN 978 0 525 43557 0 United States Office of Naval Intelligence 1891 General Information Series U S Government Printing Office Nitro Explosives A Practical Treatise by P Gerald Sanford Project Gutenberg nbsp This explosives related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ecrasite amp oldid 1093395907, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
