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Many people are allergic or sensitive to chemicals such as turpentine, T.N.T., formaldehyde, fulminate of mercury, picrates, synthetic dyes, etc.
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Picric acid has the bad habit of attacking the metals with which it rests in contact forming sensitive picrates that are easily set off, but TNT is inert toward metals and keeps well.
From Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries by Slosson, Edwin E.
In either case the two hydrocarbons are finally separated by fractional crystallization of their picrates, which are then decomposed by ammonia.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various
Messrs Désignolles and Brugère have introduced military powders, consisting of mixtures of potassium and ammonium picrates with nitrate of potassium.
From Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise by Sanford, P. Gerald (Percy Gerald)
Their salts with metals behave much like the picrates.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various
