EXPLOSIVE COMPOUND. 



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Substances brought into contact 

 with the compound. 



Camphor 



Phosphurretted camphor . 



Sulphuretted do. . . . 



Wax . i 



Spermaceti . . 



Adipocire 



Butter 



Palm oil 



Do. saturated with chlorine, 

 which made it white and 

 semifluid 



Oil of mace .... . 



Ambergris . . . . . . . 



Hogs' lard 



Whale oil . . 



Linseed oil 



Olive oil 



Do. do. saturated with 

 chlorine' . . . . . .. . 



Do. do camphoretted 



Do. do. sulphuretted . . . 



Do. do. thickened by boil- 

 ing on oxide of mercury. 



Effects observed. Effects of sub- 



stances 

 1 " ■ brought into 



Union in considerable quan- contact with 

 tity with the compound, the explosive 

 which preserves its usual coln P otmd - 

 colour ' and appearance. 

 When the camphoretted 

 compound rises to the sur- 

 face of the water, it covers 

 it with a film of camphor, 

 the explosive compound es- 

 caping from it. The cam- 

 phoretted compound in- 

 flames without explosion 

 by phosphorus and by 

 essential oils. Sulphuric 

 ether separates the camphor 

 from it. It may be formed 

 at the same time with the 

 explosive compound, by 

 introducing a bit of cam- 

 phor into chlorine gas over 

 solution of muriate of am- 

 monia. 



Explosion. 



Union. 



None. 



None. 



None. 



None. 



Explosion. 



Union. 



Do. rapid effervescence, film 

 on the water. 



Explosion. 



None. 



Explosion, separation of car- 

 bon. 



Explosion. 



Do. separation of carbon. 



Union. 



Violent explosion: 



Do. 



Effervescence, explosion. 



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