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Solvent.                     |    Cold.             |       Warm.
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Water                        |   Insoluble          | Slightly soluble
Alcohol, absolute            |   Soluble            |    Soluble
"     93%                 |      "               |       "
"     80%                 |  Slowly soluble      |       "
"     50%                 |   Insoluble          | Slightly soluble
Methyl alcohol               |   Soluble            |    Soluble
Amyl     "                   |      "               |       "
Ether, ethylic               |      "               |       "
"    acetic                |      "               |       "
Chloroform                   |      "               |       "
Acetone                      |      "               |       "
Sulphuric acid (1.845)       |      "               |       "
Nitric acid (1.400)          |  Slowly soluble      |       "
Hydrochloric acid (1.200)    | Insoluble, decomposed| Slowly soluble
Acetic acid, glacial         |   Soluble            |    Soluble
Carbolic acid                |      "               |       "
Astral oil                   |   Insoluble          |    Insoluble
Olive   "                    |   Soluble            |    Soluble
Stearine oil                 |      "               |       "
Mineral jelly                |   Insoluble          |    Insoluble
Glycerine                    |      "               |       "
Benzene                      |   Soluble            |    Soluble
Nitro-benzene                |      "               |       "
Toluene                      |      "               |       "
Carbon bi-sulphide           |   Insoluble          | Slightly affected
Turpentine                   |      "               |    Soluble
Petroleum naphtha, 71 deg.-76 deg.  B.|      "               |    Insoluble
Caustic soda (1:10 solution) | Insoluble.           |  Insoluble. 
Borax, 5% solution           |      "               |       "
Ammonia (.980)               |      "               |       " slightly
|                      |    affected. 
Ammonium sulph-hydrate       | Insoluble, sulphur   |  Decomposed.
|   separates          |
Iron sulphate solution       | Slightly affected    |  Affected. 
Iron chloride (1.4 grm.  Fe   | Slowly affected      |  Decomposed.
to 10 c.c.  N_{2}O)         |                      |
Tin chloride                 | Slightly affected    |  Affected.
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Many attempts have been made to prepare nitro-glycerine explosives capable of withstanding comparatively low temperatures without freezing, but no satisfactory solution of the problem has been found.  Among the substances that have been proposed and used with more or less success, are nitro-benzene, nitro-toluene, di-nitro-mono-chlorhydrine, solid nitro derivatives