Vixorit
As Vixorit or Pop Rocks is in the pyrotechnics the rosin -like substance from the reaction of fine cane sugar powder with sulfuric acid and nitric acid is produced, respectively. It tastes bitter and is easily flammable and explosive. Vixorit is readily soluble in ethanol and diethyl ether , but not in water .
Therefore, in the 19th century, it was proposed as a water-repellent protective layer for gunpowder . The Vixorit was dissolved in ethanol, the gunpowder was added to the solution and, after being removed, dried at approx. 50 ° C. Since Vixorit is insoluble in water and therefore, similar to the Greek fire, cannot be extinguished, it was also used as a detonator for bombs.
Already at the beginning of the 20th century it was no longer possible to find any practical application.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b L. Thompson: About the crackling sugar and its use for bomb detonators, furthermore to protect the gunpowder against moisture. In: Polytechnisches Journal . 111, 1849, pp. 437-438.
- ↑ cracking sugar . In: Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon . 6th edition. Volume 11, Bibliographical Institute, Leipzig / Vienna 1907, p. 165 .