R. Meyer J. Köhler A. Homburg Explosives

47 Butanetriol Trinitrate
Butanediol Dinitrate
1,3-Butylenglykoldinitrat; dinitrate de butyléneglycol
colorless liquid
empirical formula: C4N8N2O6
molecular weight: 180.1
oxygen balance: –53.3%
nitrogen content: 15.56%
density: 1.32 g/cm3 lead block test: 370 cm3 /10 g
Butanetriol dinitrate is insoluble in water, but is soluble in solvents for
nitroglycerine; it is more volatile than nitroglycerine. Soluble guncotton
is readily gelatinized. The nitrate is formed by reaction of butylene
glycol with a nitric acid-sulfuric acid mixture as in the nitroglycerine
synthesis, but the product is very easily destroyed by oxidation; the
reaction mixture decomposes generating heat and nitrous gases. The
product cannot be obtained under industrial conditions and has not
found practical application for this reason.
Butanetriol Trinitrate
1,2,4-Butantrioltrinitrat; trinitrate de butanetriol
pale yellow liquid
empirical formula: C4H7N3O9
molecular weight: 241.1
energy of formation: –379.2 kcal/kg = –1586.4 kJ/kg
enthalpy of formation: – 402.5 kcal/kg = –1683.9 kJ/kg
oxygen balance: –16.6%
nitrogen content: 17.43%
refractive index: nD 20 = 1.4738
volume of explosion gases: 836 l/kg