| Dry, weigh, and exhaust with water preferably in Soxhlet. |
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____________| | | | | Solution-- | Residue-- | | Contains metallic | Dry, weigh, and agitate an aliquot part with | | nitrates, chlorates, | with H_{2}SO_{4} and Hg in nitrometer. If | | soluble carbonates, | nitro-cellulose is present, treat remainder of | | the sum of which | residue with ether-alcohol. | | (except AmCO_{3}) |________________________________________________| | can be determined by | | | evaporating down at | Solution-- | | 100 deg. C. to dryness | Evaporate and weigh. Residue consists of | | and weighing. | soluble nitro-cellulose. | | Nitrates can be |________________________________________________| | determined by | | | | Residue-- | | | Dry and weigh and determine hexa-nitro- | | | cellulose in nitrometer, if present. Exhaust | | | remainder with acetic ether. | | |________________________________________________| | | | | | | Solution-- | Residue-- | | | Hexa-nitro-cellulose | Dry and weigh, ignite | | | (Gun cotton). | and reweigh. Loss = | | | | Cellulose. | | | |_________________________| | | | | | | | Residue consists of | | | | sawdust, charcoal, | | | | coal, chalk, guhr, | | | | or mineral matter, &c. | |______________________|______________________|_____________
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____________| | | | | Solution-- | Residue-- | | Contains metallic | Dry, weigh, and agitate an aliquot part with | | nitrates, chlorates, | with H_{2}SO_{4} and Hg in nitrometer. If | | soluble carbonates, | nitro-cellulose is present, treat remainder of | | the sum of which | residue with ether-alcohol. | | (except AmCO_{3}) |________________________________________________| | can be determined by | | | evaporating down at | Solution-- | | 100 deg. C. to dryness | Evaporate and weigh. Residue consists of | | and weighing. | soluble nitro-cellulose. | | Nitrates can be |________________________________________________| | determined by | | | | Residue-- | | | Dry and weigh and determine hexa-nitro- | | | cellulose in nitrometer, if present. Exhaust | | | remainder with acetic ether. | | |________________________________________________| | | | | | | Solution-- | Residue-- | | | Hexa-nitro-cellulose | Dry and weigh, ignite | | | (Gun cotton). | and reweigh. Loss = | | | | Cellulose. | | | |_________________________| | | | | | | | Residue consists of | | | | sawdust, charcoal, | | | | coal, chalk, guhr, | | | | or mineral matter, &c. | |______________________|______________________|_____________
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NOTE.—Camphor is found by difference. Sulphur is only partially soluble in ether. It is better, therefore, to extract some of the original substance with water, and treat residue with alcoholic KHO. Add bromide, acidify, and precipitate as BaSO.