What can happen if boric acid reacts with glycerol? Is the reaction explosive?
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Introduction
This booklet is the second in a series, the first being
"Physical Properties of Glycerine and its Solutions,"
published in 1963. Together, they present the more
important available data on this versatile chemical
compound.
One of the significant things about glycerine is the
scientific background which history has contributed to
its properties and reactions - extending over far more
years and into more obscure corners of research and
technology than any comparable, newly synthesized
organic chemical. The chemical reactions of glycerine
as an article of commerce are relatively simple, and it is
these with which this review is primarily concerned. At
the same time, we have covered many reactions of his-
torical or scientific interest which have no current com-
mercial significance. We have not attempted to cover
Derivatives of Glycerol
all the complexities of physiological reactions in which
glycerine and its derivatives as natural components of
life processes are involved, even though new analytical
techniques are opening up many new findings in this area.
Industrially, the classic glycerine derivative, glycerol
tri-nitrate, has gradually lost its dominance. Alkyd resins
derived from glycerine represent the greatest single use
of chemically combined glycerine today. In the toilet
goods and food fields, the esters of glycerine, particu-
larly the partial esters (mono- and di-glycerides) have
become highly specialized components of emulsified
products, contributing control over the softness and
"spreadability" of everything from make-up to margarine.
In a third booklet in this series, also now available,
applications - new and old - growing out of the unique
combination of physical and chemical properties of