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chemical formula X2Y3Z4 |
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estimated cost $?.00 /g |
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MEAN, an acronym for monoethanolamine nitrate, is a high explosive salt of ethanolamine and nitric acid. Other names include 2-amino-ethanol nitrate; -hydroxyethylammonium nitrate; ethanolamine nitrate salt; and ethanolammonium nitrate. I have no other information on its chemical, physical, or explosive properties. It has been used in compositions with other high explosives and in smokeless propellants as a sensitizer. MEAN is usually used as a precursor to its more explosive cousin ethanolamine dinitrate.
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Into a beaker containing 100 mL of monoethanolamine cooled to 11 C in an ice bath, slowly add with stirring 204.4 mL of 40% nitric acid. Add the acid dropwise and maintain the temperature around 10 C. The acid will be neutralized by the basic ethanolamine. Heat the solution in an evaporating dish in an oven at 70 C to dry it. Store the MEAN in a desiccator as it is hygroscopic.
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