=*RIFLEITE= was a completely gelatinised smokeless powder which was made by the Smokeless Powder Co.; it was in the form of flakes. A variety was also introduced for use in shot-guns and was called Shot-Gun Rifleite; this was a 37-grain gelatinised dense powder. Shot-gun For ·303 Rifleite. Rifle. _Date of Introduction_ 1894 1890 Nitrocellulose, insoluble 76·0 1·7 ” soluble 18·9 82·5 Nitro-compound 3·5 14·8 Moisture 1·6 1·0 The nitrocellulose was made from lignin. These analyses were given in “Arms and Explosives,” 1917, p. 77. =RIPPING AMMONAL.= See =AMMONAL=. =RIPPITE= is an explosive made by Curtis’s and Harvey, which was on the old Permitted List-- Nitroglycerine 61 Collodion cotton 4 Potassium nitrate 19 Castor oil 1 Wood meal 5 Ammonium oxalate 10 It is no longer “permitted” for use in dangerous coal mines, but is still used for general purposes. =SUPER-RIPPITE= is a modification of this, which has passed the Rotherham Test and is on the Permitted List-- _Date of Permit_ 29-8-14 Nitroglycerine 52 Collodion cotton 3 Potassium nitrate 14·5 Borax 22·5 Potassium chloride 8 Limit charge 18 oz. Power (swing of ballistic pendulum) 2·53” =RIVALIT= is a German blasting explosive containing ammonium nitrate, vegetable meal, nitro-compounds, and may also contain up to 3 per cent. of blasting gelatine. Rivalit P, which has been introduced recently, contains up to 10 per cent. of potassium perchlorate, and is practically the same as Astralit V. Chlorat-Rivalit is an explosive of the Cheddite type, introduced in Germany during the War-- Potassium chlorate 88·5 Paraffin 11·5 =ROBURITE= is a coal-mine explosive of the Grisounite class. In Germany many different mixtures have been made, but in general they are within the following limits-- Ammonium nitrate 70 to 80 Potassium nitrate 5 ” 10 Trinitro-toluene 12 ” 15 Flour 6 Sodium chloride 5 to 6 Potassium permanganate 0·1 ” 0·5 but some are outside them. The explosive has also been made in England by the Roburite Explosives Co., Ltd., now incorporated in Roburite and Ammonal, Ltd., who had the following on the old Permitted List-- No. 3 Ammonium nitrate 88 Dinitro-benzene 11 Chlor-naphthalene 1 The following has passed the Rotherham Test and is now on the Permitted List--