Nitroglycerine 49
Collodion cotton 1
Sodium nitrate 38
Sulphur 1·5
Wood tar 10
Wood pulp 0·5
=FORCITE ANTIGRISOUTEUSE 3.=--A Belgian coal-mine
explosive of the Carbonite type--
Nitroglycerine 26
Potassium nitrate 33
Barium nitrate 1
Rye flour 38·5
Bran 1
Sodium carbonate 0·5
Charge limite 750g.
=FORTEX.=--A coal-mine explosive made by Explosives and Chemical
Products, Ltd. The mixture, which was on the old Permitted List, was--
Ammonium nitrate 78·5
Tetryl 21·5
=NEW FORTEX.=--A modification of the above to pass
the Rotherham Test--
_Date of Permit_ 25-11-13
Ammonium nitrate 35
Potassium nitrate 33
Tetryl 12
Ammonium chloride 20
Limit charge 10 oz.
Power (swing of ballistic pendulum) 2·61”
=FORT PITT MINE POWDER NO.= 1 is an American coal-mine powder on
the Permissible List. It is a nitroglycerine explosive.
=FRACTORITE.=--A Belgian coal-mine explosive--
B. D.
Ammonium nitrate 75 Ammonium nitrate 75
Dinitro-naphthalene 2·8 Sodium nitrate 10
Ammonium oxalate 2·2 Nitroglycerine 4
Ammonium chloride 20 Ammonium oxalate 7
Flour 4
Charge limite 450 g. Charge limite 700 g.
=FRACTURITE.=--A coal-mine explosive formerly on the Permitted
List, made by the British Explosives Syndicate, Ltd.--
Nitroglycerine 52·5
Collodion cotton 3·5
Potassium nitrate 23
Wood meal 6
Ammonium oxalate 15
=FUEL-ITE.=--There is a series of coal-mine explosives of
this name on the American Permissible List. Nos. 1 and 2 are
nitroglycerine explosives of the Carbonite type. No. 3 is an ammonium
nitrate explosive.
=FUELLPULVER= (or =FP.=) is the name given by the
Germans to mixtures of trinitro-toluene and ammonium nitrate used
for filling shell. Fp. 60/40, for instance, is a mixture of 60
parts trinitro-toluene and 40 parts of ammonium nitrate, and is
consequently the same as Amatol 40/60. Fp. without figures stands for
trinitro-toluene.
=*FULMEN POWDER= is a 33-grain smokeless powder for shot-guns
made by the Schultze Gunpowder Co.
=FULMENIT.=--A blasting explosive made by the German Nobel Co.,
containing ammonium nitrate, vegetable meal or charcoal, paraffin
oil, trinitro-toluene and guncotton.
=WETTER-FULMENIT= is a coal-mine explosive which has been
much used. It differs from the above in containing also sodium or
potassium chloride--
Fulmenit. Wetter-Fulmenit.
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