"Distillate" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... portion, boiling between 50 deg. and 60 deg. C., mixed with strong solution of sodium bisulphite. The crystalline cake of acetone sodium bisulphite, which separates on standing, is well pressed, to free it from impurities, decomposed by distillation with dilute sodium carbonate, and the aqueous distillate of pure acetone dehydrated over calcium chloride. Acetone is a colourless, mobile liquid of sp. gr. .792 at 20 deg. C., it boils at 56.5 deg. C., has a peculiar, pleasant, ethereal odour, and is mixible with water, alcohol, ...
— Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise • P. Gerald Sanford |
