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The poachers hold about 2,000 lbs. of material, and as this represents the products of many hundred distinct nitrating operations, a very uniform mixture is obtained.

From Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise by Sanford, P. Gerald (Percy Gerald)

He adds ammonium sulphate or ammonium nitrate to the mixed acids during the operation of nitrating, which he claims destroys the nitrous acid formed according to the equation—

From Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise by Sanford, P. Gerald (Percy Gerald)

In some cases the process is carried out in an ordinary nitrating centrifugal, using the latter to effect preliminary drying after acid extraction.

From Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise by Sanford, P. Gerald (Percy Gerald)

They must be scoured before they are fit for nitrating.

From Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise by Sanford, P. Gerald (Percy Gerald)

Notes Fuming nitric acid may be used in nitrating benzyl cyanide, but the method here described is cheaper.

From Organic Syntheses by Conant, James Bryant