Continuous production of liquid explosive nitric esters

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A PROCESS FOR THE CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION OF EXPLOSIVE LIQUID NITRIC ESTERS FROM RAPIDLY ESTERIFIABLE LIQUID POLYHYDRIC ALCOHOLS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF GLYCERINE AND MIXTURES OF GLYCERINE WITH OTHER POLYHYDRIC ALCOHOLS, AND A NITRATING MIXED ACID, COMPRISING INTRODUCING A FRESH NITRATING MIXED ACID INTO A STREAM OF REFUSE ACID SUBSTANTIALLY FREE FROM SUSPENDED NITRATED POLYHYDRIC ALCOHOL, PRECOOLING THE RESULTING DILUTED NITRATING MIXED ACID AND COINCIDENTALLY PASSING THE SAME UNDER PRESSURE THROUGH A FIRST EXTENDED TUBULAR STRUCTURE WHICH LEADS INTO A SECOND AND NARROWER EXTENDED TUBULAR STRUCTURE HAVING A BORE AT LEAST SUFFICIENTLY NARROW TO INSURE THE MAINTENANCE OF TURBULENCE OF LIQUID FLOWING THROUGHOUT ITS LENGTH, INTRODUCING SAID LIQUID FLOWING ALCOHOL INTO THE STREAM OF SAID DILUTED ACID DOWNSTREAM OF SAID FIRST EXTENDED TUBULAR STRUCTURE UNDER POSITIVE PRESSURE SUFFICIENTLY HIGH TO OVERCOME THE RESULTING BACK PRESSURE, COOLING THE RESULTING MIXTURE OF DILUTED ACID AND POLYHYDRIC ALCOHOL AND COINCIDENTALLY PASSING THE SAME THROUGH SAID SECOND EXTENDED TUBULAR STRUCTURE OVER A SUFFICIENT LENGTH THEREOF TO INSURE THAT NITRATION IS CARRIED OUT AND COMPLETED ONLY WITHIN THE SAME PASSING THE RESLULTING EMULSION OF NITRATED POLYHYDRIC ALCOHOL AND REFUSE ACID FROM SAID SECOND EXTENDED TUBULAR STRUCTURE INTO A SEPARATING DEVICE REMOTE FROM THE LOCUS WHERE SAID POLYHYDRIC ALCOHOL ENTERS THE STREAM TO THEREBY SEPARATE THE REFUSE ACID FROM THE NITRATE POLYHYDRIC ALCOHOL, AND INTRODUCING THE FRESH NITRATING MIXED ACID INTO A STREAM TO THE REQUIRED PORTION OF THE SEPARATED REFUSE ACID.