1) Explosive chemical 
Nitrostarch is a secondary explosive similar to nitrocellulose made by the nitration of starch by a mixture of sulfuric acid and nitric acid. ==History== Nitrostarch was invented by H. Barconnot in 1833. In World War I, it was used as a filler in hand grenades. ...
(from the article `explosive`) Nitrostarch, which is closely related to nitrocellulose, attracted early attention, but it was not until about 1905 that it proved possible to ...
an orange powder, CHNO, soluble in ethanol, used in explosives.