Nitroglycerine 21 40
Collodion cotton 1 2
Di- and Trinitro-toluene 0·2 --
Wood meal 15·8 5
Potassium perchlorate 37 14
Ammonium oxalate 25 39
Limit charge 16 30 oz.
Power (swing of ballistic pendulum) 2·56 2·51”
Both have now been repealed.
=*NEONITE.=--A 30-grain bulk gelatinised smokeless shot-gun
powder introduced by the New Explosives Co. in 1907. According to an
analysis given in “Arms and Explosives,” 1917, p. 76, its composition
is--
Nitrocellulose, insoluble 73·0
” soluble 9·0
Metallic nitrates 10·5
Vaseline 5·9
Moisture 1·6
Neonites are also made for various types of rifled small arms,
including military rifles, cadet rifles, revolvers and rim-fire
rifles. These are all nitrocellulose powders with or without
moderants.
=*NEW EXPLOSIVES COMPANY’S SMOKELESS POWDER= or =N.E.=--A
36-grain fibrous bulk powder for shot-guns introduced in 1912.
According to an analysis given in “Arms and Explosives,” 1917, p. 76,
its composition is--
Nitrocellulose, insoluble 50·0
” soluble 25·8
Metallic nitrates 12·0
Nitro-hydrocarbons 7·0
Vaseline 3·5
Moisture 1·7
=NEW FORTEX.= See =FORTEX=.
=NITRALITE.= See =DENSITE=.
=NITRO-DENSITE.=--A coal-mine explosive made by Kynoch, Ltd. It
was of the Carbonite type, and was at one time on the Permitted List--
_Date of Permit_ 1-9-13
Nitroglycerine 18
Barium nitrate 25
Wood meal 5·5
Starch 28·5
French chalk 23
Limit charge 28 oz.
Power (swing of ballistic pendulum) 1·47”
=*NITROKOL.=--A gelatinised nitrocellulose powder intended for
use in rifles. It consists of a nitrocellulose, mostly soluble in
ether-alcohol, and gelatinised with that solvent. It is made up in
the form of small square flakes which are graphited.
=NITROLIT.=--A high explosive used by the Germans for filling
shell. It is a mixture of ammonium nitrate and trinitro-anisol.
The name was formerly given by C. Lamm of Stockholm to a blasting
explosive containing blasting gelatine, ammonium nitrate and other
substances.
=NITRO LOW-FLAME, NOS. 1= and =2= are American coal-mine
explosives on the Permissible List. They are nitroglycerine mixtures.
=NOBEL AMMONIA POWDER.=--A coal-mine explosive which was on the
old Permitted List--
Ammonium nitrate 84
Nitroglycerine 8
Wood meal 8
=NOBEL GELATINE DYNAMITE.=}
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