144 CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY OF EXPLOSIVES
TABLE 16
HEAT OF DILUTION OF NITRATING ACID
Ratio H^2 SO^4 H^2 O
HNO 3
Ratio
acid
Total heat of dilution by
adding 500 moles of H 2 O
mole weight % kcal/mole kcal/kg
0.0 0.0 18.26 84.4
0.5 8.42 14.53 61.5
1.0 15.5 11.57 45.1
1.5 21.6 9.47 34.3
2.0 26.9 8.28 28.0
3.0 35.5 6.56 19.7
0.016
0.435
0.943
1.56
3.41
0.3 15.10 73.6
7.78 12.83 57.7
15.47 10.19 42.1
23.22 8.06 30.2
39.8 5.08 14.9
'0.015 0.3 13.23 68.5
0.277 5.4 11.70 57.5
0.631 11.5 10.15 46.1
1.282 20.9 7.65 31.5
2.14 30.6 5.78 20.9
3.485 41.8 4.10 12.3
0.014 0.3 11.67 64.3
0.418 8.4 9.66 48.9
0.818 15.2 8.34 39.1
1.47 24.4 6.14 25.7
2.91 38.9 3.95 15.4
0.013 0.3 10.13
0.27 5.97 8.90
1.008 19.15 6.16
1.93 31.2 4.35
3.03 41.6 3.03
59.9
49.4
29.5
17.6
10.3
0.0 0.0
1.0 22.2
2.0 36.4
3.0 46.2
7.43
4.16
2.65
1.72
53.4
23.2
12.1
6.7
mole weight
100 100
0 0
85.3
14.7
90
10
68.5 78
30.5 22
54.7
45.3
65.3
34.7
39.2 50
60.8 50
0 0
100 100