How do you make homemade nitroglycerin?

Answer 1

Almost all modern explosives are a derivative of a nitric acid base.

Although fuming nitric acid (98 percent solution in water) is not an explosive

in itself, it is explosive when mixed with many other compounds. This process

of mixing a compound with nitric acid chemically is called the nitrating

principle. The best-known nitrating agent is glycerin, but many others can

be and are used. Mercury, sugar, cork, wheat germ, sawdust, starch, lard, and

indigo are all common nitrating agents and are used in modern industry. For

example when sawdustis nitrated, it becomes nitrocellulose, and is used in

smokeless powder. Mercury fulminate (nitrated mercury) is a very powerful and

effective detonator.

Nitroglycerin is a high explosive, with an incredibly unstable nature. It

can explode for the most minute reasons, such as a change of one or two degrees

in temperature, or a minor shock. Because of nitroglycerin's unstable nature,

I would suggest that only people with an extensive background training in both

chemistry and explosives try this procedure.

Nitroglycerin

1. Fill a 75-milliliter beaker, to the 13-ml. level, with fuming red nitric

acid, of 98 percent concentration.

2. Place beaker in an ice bath and allow to cool below room temperature.

3. After it is cooled, add to it three times the amount of fuming sulfuric

acid (99 percent). In other words, add to the now-cool fuming nitric

acid 39 milliliters of fuming sulfuric acid. When mixing any acids,

always do it slowing and carefully to avoid splattering.

4. When the two are mixed, lower their temperature, by adding more ice to the bath, to about 10 or 15 degrees Centegrade. This can be measured by using a mercury-operated Centegrade thermometer.

5. When the acid solution has cooled to the desired temperature, it is ready for the glycerin. The glyverin MUST BE ADDED IN SMALL AMOUNTS USING A MEDICINE DROPPER. Glycerin is added, slowly and carefully, until the entire surface of the acid is covered with it.

6. This is a dangerous point, since the nitration will take place as soon

as the glycerin is added. The nitration will produce heat, so the

solution MUST BE KEPT BELOW 30 DEGREES C. If the solution should go

above 30 degrees, the beaker should be taken out of the ice bath and

the solution should be carefully poured directly into the ice bath,

since this will prevent an explosion.

7. For about the first ten minutes of the nitration, the mixture should

be gently stirred. In a normal reaction, the nitroglycerin will form as

a layer ontop of the acid solution, while the sulfuric acid will absorb

the excess water.

8. After the nitration has taken place and the nitroglycerin has formed at

the top of the acid solution, the entire beaker should be transferred

very slowly and carefully to another beaker of water. When this is done,

the nitroglycerin will settle to the bottom, so that most of the acid

solution can be drained away.

9. After removing as much acid as possible without disturbing the nitro-

glycerin, remove the nitroglycerin with an eyedropper and place it in a

bicarbonate of soda (sodium bicarbonate) solution. The sodium

bicarbonate is an alkali and will neutralize much of the acid remaining.

This process should be repeated as many times as necessary using blue

litmus paper to check for the presence of acid. The remaining acid only

make the nitroglycerin more unstable than is normally is.

10. The final step is to remove the nitroglycerin from the bicarbonate.

This is done with an eyedropper, slowly and carefully. The usual test

to see if nitration has been successful is to place one drop of the

nitroglycerin on a metal plate and ignite it. If it is true nitro-

glycerin, it will burn with a clear bule flame. CAUTION: Nitroglycerin

is EXTREMELY sensitive to decomposition, heating, dropping, or jarring,

and may explode even if left undisturbed and cool. KNOW WHAT YOU ARE

DOING BEFORE YOU DO IT!!!!!

This section has been reprinted without permision from the author or publisher

of "The Anarchist Cookbook" by William Powell.

Answer 2

Answer

A thick, pale yellow liquid, C3H5N3O9, that is explosive on concussion or exposure to sudden heat. It is used in the production of dynamite and blasting Gelatin and as a vasodilator in medicine

Answer 3

To make nitroglycerin SAFELY requires glycerin and at least 2 different acids. Due to the exothermic nature of this reaction (it gets warm--hot), one must control the temperature carefully. If it gets too hot it will detonate on its own. And we're only talking about getting up to ~85'F (20'C). Even when its made properly, it is very sensitive to temperature, impacts and friction. It needs to be compounded with an inert material to render it fairly safe to handle.

For the reason of safety, no more details will be provided. The fingers you DON'T lose and the eyeball you get to keep are welcome.

Answer 4

The molecular formula of nitroglycerin is C3H5N3O9. Therefore, it consist of the following elements:

• Three carbon atoms
• Five hydrogen atoms
• Three nitrogen atoms
• Nine oxygen atoms

Answer 5

If you don't know how, then you shouldn't be making it.

Answer 6

Nitrogen oxides are made by cars and lorries as they use fuel and the gas comes out.

Answer 7

You don't.

Answer 8

CARBON,OXYGEN HYDROGEN NITOGEN