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On prolonged boiling nitro-benzene produces at the edge of the liquid a crimson ring, which on the addition of a solution of bleaching powder turns emerald - green.
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In some cases, when it is desirable to add a deterring medium, nitro-benzene or some suitable gum is added.
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The acid is then drawn off, and the nitro-benzene is well washed with water, and sometimes distilled with wet steam, to recover a little unconverted benzene and a trace of paraffin
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It is soluble in ether, chloroform, benzene, glacial acetic acid, and nitro-benzene, in 1.75 part of methylated spirit, very nearly insoluble in water, and practically insoluble in carbon bisulphide.
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The Nobel Company is said to be perfecting a smokeless powder in which the chief ingredients are nitro-amido - and tri - nitro-benzene.
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The cooling water is then shut off, and the temperature allowed to rise rapidly, or nitro-benzene already manufactured is taken and again nitrated with acids.
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S.S. of nitro-lignine mixed with barium nitrate and nitro-benzene.
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Troisdorf powder is gelatinised nitro-cellulose; rifleite gelatinised nitro-cellulose and nitro-benzene.
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As regards the solubility of pyroxyline, Parks found that nitro-benzene, aniline, glacial acetic acid, and camphor, dissolved in the more volatile solvents methyl-alcohol and alcohol-ether, were much the best solvents for producing a plastic, as they are less volatile, and develop greater solvent action under the influence of heat.
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~Di-nitro Benzene~ is a product of the further action of nitric acid on benzene or nitro-benzene.
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