1) Ammunition 2) British invention 3) Bullet propellant 4) Explosive compound 5) Explosive material 6) Explosive powder 7) Gunpowder alternative 8) Slow-burning explosive 9) Smokeless explosive 10) Smokeless powder
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• (n.) A smokeless powder composed of nitroglycerin, guncotton, and mineral jelly, and used by the British army and in other services. In making it the ingredients are mixed into a paste with the addition of acetone and pressed out into cords (of various diameters) resembling brown twine, which are dried and cut to length. A variety containing...
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(from the article `explosive`) ...this made an excellent propellant, and it continued in use for over 75 years. The British refused to recognize Nobel`s patent and developed a ... [4 related articles]
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Cord'ite noun [ From
Cord ,
noun ]
(Mil.) A smokeless powder composed of nitroglycerin, guncotton, and mineral jelly, and used by the British army and in other services. In making it the ingredients are mixed into a paste with the addition of acetone and pressed out ...
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An early form of smokeless powder, developed in England in the late 1880s, taking the physical form of little strings---or cords. Unlike black powder which preceded it, it burned a bit more slowly, enabling pressure to build in a barrel more evenly, increasing the duration of the motive force, increasing its efficiency propelling the projectile dow...
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Cordite is a smokeless explosive for use in ordnance, so named from being made in cordlike forms. In appearance it is like yellow gutta-percha, and when its ingredients are worked up into a mass it receives the cord-like character by being pressed through openings in dies. In the same way as the grains of charcoal powder are made of various sizes t...
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n] - explosive powder (nitroglycerin and guncotton and petrolatum) dissolved in acetone and dried and extruded in brown cords
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noun explosive powder (nitroglycerin and guncotton and petrolatum) dissolved in acetone and dried and extruded in brown cords
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a smokeless, slow-burning powder composed of 30 to 58 percent nitroglycerin, 37 to 65 percent cellulose nitrate, and 5 to 6 percent mineral jelly. Also called
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