percent excess of nitric acid during the nitration the mixture was agitated with a high speed high shear mixer during the nitration the change in redox was 80 mv a sample of this 1 2 4 butanetriol nitrated by itself had a change in redox of 130 mv the nitration mixture was drowned in 1000 grams of 6 u00b0 c water with a 18 u00b0 c temperature rise the calculated spent acid analysis was ______________________________________ nitric acid 11 8 sulfuric acid 71 8 oxides 0 5 water assuming 1 ng 13 9and 1 bttnh sub 2 o h sub 2 so sub 4 mole ratio 1 05______________________________________ the 1 2 4 butanetriol trinitrate bttn nitroglycerin ng mixture at 35 u00b0 to 40 u00b0 c was washed four times with 300 ml of 13 percent sodium carbonate and 3 times with water each wash was agitated for 15 minutes with the high speed high shear agitator the results of the bttn ng analysis are ______________________________________ bttn 52 1 ng 46 9ki heat test min 18 10 min minimum water 0 1 n 17 9ph neutral______________________________________ the same as example 1 except that a binary mixture of 52 07 weight percent of 1 2 4 butanetriol 99 8 percent pure and 47 93.