Under ordinary circumstances, picrate of potash although not MORE inflam- mable than common powder, yet possesses the SAME degree of inflammability.
In another moment the words "picrate of potash" brought me to my feet, and with an involuntary impulse I rushed up to Ruby, and seized him by the shoulder.
Over and about this lead pipe had been spilled a considerable quantity of picric acid, which had formed picrate of lead with the lead pipe.
The friction from the barrel set off this picrate of lead, which in turn detonated the picric acid; and the whole five tons went off with such violence as amply to demonstrate its explosive qualities.
The facility with which it reduces alkaline cupric, argentic, bismuthous, ferric, mercuric salts, indigo and potassic picrate and chromate solutions has been utilized for the preparation of several ready methods for its determination.
The arrangement of the cap upon a broad-mouthed nipple prevented the instantaneous explosion that would have taken place with a picrate of potash shell.
One of the best known is Brugère's Powder, which is a mixture of 54 parts of picrate of ammonia and 45 parts of saltpetre.
Brugère's powder is composed of ammonium picrate and nitre, the proportions being 54 per cent.
His Picric Powder consisted of 3 parts of saltpetre, and 2 of picrate of ammonia.
Ammonium Picrate~ is more soluble in water than the above, and sodium picrate is readily soluble in water, but nearly insoluble in solution of sodium carbonate.
And lastly, there are the picrate powders, consisting of picric acid, either alone or mixed with other substances.
The resinous mass thus produced is boiled with water, the resulting picric acid is converted into a sodium salt by a solution of sodium carbonate, which throws down sodium picrate in crystals.
Abel has also proposed to use picric acid, mixed with nitrate of potash (3 parts) and picrate of ammonia (2 parts) as a filling for shells.
The next in importance is Designolle's Powder, made at Bouchon, consisting of picrate of potash, saltpetre, and charcoal.
Picrate is easily ignited by any sharp or violent shock, and some gun-priming which we had in our possession would answer the purpose of setting it alight.
Picric acid is a crystalline bitter product extracted from coal-tar, and forming, in combination with potash, a yellow salt known as picrate of potash.
In another moment the words "picrate of potash" brought me to my feet?
Under-ordinary circumstances, picrateof potash although not MORE inflammable than common powder, yet possesses the same degree of inflammability.
A quick repetition of the picrate shells seemed to affect the spirit of the attack.
The servants quickly handed the elephant breechloaders, and a double shot to the right and left was followed by the loud explosion of the picrate of potash shells against some unseen objects, either men or trees.
These carried picrate of potash shells that were immensely powerful.
Accordingly, the final process was as follows: The bleaching powder was creamed with water and mixed with a solution of calcium picrate in large stills holding 5,000 gallons or more.
Later it was found advantageous to use calcium picrateinstead of picric acid.
Ammonium picrate or explosive D upon which this country had depended almost entirely up to the time of our entry into the war was forced into the shell under hydraulic pressure.
The picrate of potassium has been given with advantage in intermittent fevers.
The picrate of lead has been proposed as a fulminating powder for percussion caps.
The picrate of silver forms beautiful starry groups of acicular crystals, having the colour and lustre of gold.
The pure picrate of potassium thus obtained is decomposed by hydrochloric acid, and the liberated picric acid is purified by two crystallisations.
The acid liquid is now neutralised with ammonia or soda, and a trace of acetic acid added; the precipitate of strychnine picrate is now collected and weighed.
This process destroys the brucine picrate, but leaves the strychnine picrate untouched.
The picrate is an especially beautiful salt, crystallising in long needles, which, when dried and heated, explode.
The precipitate contains the picrate of trimethylenediamine, mixed with the picrates of cadaverine and creatinine.
Cadaverine picrate is insoluble in boiling absolute alcohol, the other picrates soluble; so the mixed picrates are boiled with absolute alcohol, and the insoluble cadaverine filtered off.
Myosin has a greater affinity for ammonium picrate than for the carmine salt, and therefore in a mixture of the two combines with the yellow dye.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "picrate" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
