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PETN 1899
Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry
Vol. 18 1899 p. 83
ERYTHROL TETRANITRATE: A CAUTION.
Chem. and Druggist, Jan. 14,1899, 59.
A correspondent of the British Medical Journal states that he recently received
by post a sample labeled erythrol tetranitrate, a white powder in a small glass
bottle. There were no directions or dose printed on the bottle, so he put it in the
waste-paper basket. Result: an explosion occurred next morning, and the cook
was partially stunned and received about two dozen small wounds on the hands,
arms, and face, three or four containing glass. The housemaid had emptied the
waste-paper basket into the dustpan containing hot ashes. " So explosive a
compound as erythrol tetranitrate should surely not," adds the correspondent "
be sent out without special precautions."
pg. 315
ERYTHROL TETRANITRATE.
Chem. and Druggist, March 18, 1899, 443
The Home Secretary states that erythrol tetranitrate is not an explosive within the
meaning of the Explosives Act, but the question is under consideration whether
an official warning should be issued calling attention to its explosive character.
pg. 415
OFFICIAL NOTICE.
ERYTHROL TETRANITRATE.
SIR,
An accident, by which a chemist lost his life, happened at a tabloid factory at
Dartford on December 15,1897. He was engaged in mixing tetranitrate of erythrol
with finely-powdered lactose in a mortar when an explosion occurred.
Again, at the end of 1898, an accident was caused by tetranitrate of erythrol
being inadvertently thrown into a fire, and one person was injured.
Tetranitrate of erythrol is possessed of explosive properties, and is highly
sensitive more so, indeed, to percussion than dynamite or guncotton. As it has
lately come into some use in the place of nitro-glycerin as a remedy for angina
pectoris, I should be glad if you would draw special attention in your paper to the
dangers attending the handling of this drug.
I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
A. FORD (Colonel),
H. M. Chief Inspector of Explosives.
Home Office, Whitehall, S.W., March 24.
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That's ETN, not PETN there.
Stettbacher said because of those reasons (implying it is too explosive), ETN is entirely unusable for blasting caps.
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Quote: Originally posted by Formatik  | That's ETN, not PETN there.
Stettbacher said because of those reasons (implying it is too explosive), ETN is entirely unusable for blasting caps. |
Mea culpa. Post in haste .....
Naóum p. 237-8 sez....
It lower chemical stability, and the difficulty in obtaining
the raw materiel [now synthesized] has prevented its
practical use up to the present time, [1928] and may do
so in the future.
PATR2700 - was suggested as a replacement for replacement NG.
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Just to be complete —
This from Google.com/books
Dartford Mortar Explosion
The Dangers and Uses of Erythrol-tetranitrate.
The Medical bulletin: a monthly journal of medicine and surgery, Volume 20 1898
http://tinyurl.com/243rz82
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