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NITROGLYCERIN NEUTRALIZER

Specialty Definition: NITROGLYCERIN NEUTRALIZER

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Tends vats that wash and treat nitroglycerin to neutralize acids remaining from nitrating process in explosives manufacture: Admits warm water to vat of nitroglycerin, and introduces stream of air from bottom of vat to agitate and mix product for specified interval. Turns off water and air to allow mixture to settle and opens drain cock to draw off wash water. Admits prepared aqueous solution of soda ash to vat to neutralize remaining acids, and starts agitating airflow. Tests mixture with litmus or other chemical indicator, rewashes nitroglycerin when it tests neutral, and transfers it to storage or processing areas. May prepare soda-ash solution, according to formula or proportion table. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: NITROGLYCERIN NEUTRALIZER

Specialty definitions using "NITROGLYCERIN NEUTRALIZER": NITROGLYCERIN DISTRIBUTOR. (references)

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Alternative Orthography: NITROGLYCERIN NEUTRALIZER


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4E 49 54 52 4F 47 4C 59 43 45 52 49 4E      4E 45 55 54 52 41 4C 49 5A 45 52

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001110 01001001 01010100 01010010 01001111 01000111 01001100 01011001 01000011 01000101 01010010 01001001 01001110 00100000 01001110 01000101 01010101 01010100 01010010 01000001 01001100 01001001 01011010 01000101 01010010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#78 &#73 &#84 &#82 &#79 &#71 &#76 &#89 &#67 &#69 &#82 &#73 &#78 &#32 &#78 &#69 &#85 &#84 &#82 &#65 &#76 &#73 &#90 &#69 &#82

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004E 0049 0054 0052 004F 0047 004C 0059 0043 0045 0052 0049 004E      004E 0045 0055 0054 0052 0041 004C 0049 005A 0045 0052

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4843545249414659373952434824839555452354643603952

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