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Explosives: Preparation and Applications

This document discusses the preparation and uses of explosives. It describes how explosives like lead azide and mercury fulminate can be prepared through chemical reactions. Lead azide is prepared by treating sodium azide with lead acetate solution and can be used for military explosives. Mercury fulminate is prepared by adding alcohol to a mixture of mercury and nitric acid and boiling it. The document also discusses the preparation of nitrobenzene and cordite, which are used in smokeless powders. Explosives have various uses including as propellants in weapons, for mining and drilling, shaping metals, and killing insects and methane in coal mines. They are mainly used for construction, mining, drilling, and seismic operations in industry.

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Explosives: Preparation and Applications

This document discusses the preparation and uses of explosives. It describes how explosives like lead azide and mercury fulminate can be prepared through chemical reactions. Lead azide is prepared by treating sodium azide with lead acetate solution and can be used for military explosives. Mercury fulminate is prepared by adding alcohol to a mixture of mercury and nitric acid and boiling it. The document also discusses the preparation of nitrobenzene and cordite, which are used in smokeless powders. Explosives have various uses including as propellants in weapons, for mining and drilling, shaping metals, and killing insects and methane in coal mines. They are mainly used for construction, mining, drilling, and seismic operations in industry.

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Explosives Preparation And Uses

Posted on April 1, 2013


Introduction to explosives preparation and uses:
A chemical compound mixture or material that suddenly causes a release of gas, pressure and heat,
instantaneous reactions, function by explosion, accompanied by loud noise. It can be subjected to
certain amount of pressure, temperature and shock. Explosive reactions can be exothermic. It should
be used for constructive and destructive purposes. The product can be heated up to very high
temperature and exert high pressure on the surroundings. Let us learn about the preparation of
explosives and its uses.
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Preparation of Explosives
There are many methods for the preparation of explosives.
Some of the examples of preparation of explosives:
Lead Azide Pb (N3)2:
Sodium amide can be formed by reacting ammonia with sodium, sodium azide can be treated with
nitrous oxide. The preparation of lead azide can be obtained by treating sodium azide with solution
of lead acetate. Lead azide can be used for military explosives.
NaNH2 + N2O `->` NaN3 + H2O
2NaN3 + Pb (OAc)2 `->` Pb(N3)2 + 2NaOAc
Mercury Fulminate Hg (ONC)2:
A solution of ethyl alcohol can be added with the dissolved mercury in excess of conc. HNO3. Then
that mixture can be boiled, mercury fulminate gets precipitated. It is more sensitive than lead azide
and it is slightly toxic nature, so it is used less.
Pb (N3)2 `|->` Pb + 3N2 + 0.6 k cal
Hg (ONC)2 `|->` Hg (g) + N2 + 2CO +117 k cal
Nitrobenzene:
Nitrobenzene is the main constituent of the commercial explosive known as indurate. It consists of
50% nitrobenzene and 40% gun cotton; it is called American smokeless powder. An American
explosive consists of nitrobenzene 21% + KClO3 79%; preparation of nitrobenzene is used in rack-a-
rack.
Cordite:
A cellulose nitrate and petroleum jelly in acetone is a mixture of GTN. It is mainly used for the
purpose of smokeless powder consists of petroleum jelly serves as a cooling agent and stabilizer on
the powder. For large naval guns, cordite is a good propellant in it.
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Uses of Explosives
Propellants with objects viewed at a smaller distance shattered with high brisance explosives
and with low brisance explosives.
Mine, shells and bombs can be very high explosives but propellants can be very low
explosives category.
Subsoil blasting: explosives can be burst below few feet under the land, subsoil can be
brought up to the land surface and the liberated gases SO2, CO, etc., kill the insects in a land.
A piece of metal can be attached to an explosive and it is used to shape the piece of metal for
shaping the metal can be achieved by this method.
Due to exothermic burning of coal dust and methane, a long-lasting flame is required to cause
dangerous explosions in it.
Industrial Side Uses of Explosives
Explosives are mainly used for the purpose of defence. For constructing tunnels in mountains,
explosives are used for blasting mines for obtaining ores, drilling holes in the industrial side,
excavating the earth such as dam, seismic prospecting, quarrying purposes.

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