Abel, Frederick

Abel, Frederick A. (1883), President s address. Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry 3, 302 316. 

Frederick Abel, the chemist of English War Dept, started experiments and manuf on a small scale of GC in the Royal Gunpowder Factory at Waltham Abbey and succeeded in obtaining by 1865 more stable product than that of von Lenk (Ref 11, p 40) (See also below under 1865)... 

Since black powder is relatively low in energy, it leaves a large proportion of corrosive solids after explosion and absorbs moisture readily, it was succeeded in late 1800s by smokeless gunpowder and picric acid. The first smokeless powder, known as cordite, was invented by tbe English chemists Sir James Dewar and Sir Frederick Augustus Abel in 1889. It was made in two forms a gelatinized nitrocellulose and a mixture of NC and NG with a small quantity of petroleum jelly added to act as a stabilizer. Smokeless powder soon became tbe primary ammunition for use in pistols. 

Abel, Sir Frederick Augustu (1827—1902), was a leading Brit scientist in the fields of propellants and explosives. Introduced the practice of beating nitrocellulose to effect stabilization, devised a stability test for explosives which is named after him, and was the author of numerous patents and publications on explosives Refs l)J.Spiller, JCS 87, 565-70(1905)... 

Sir Frederick Abel and Captain W.H. Noble, R.A., have shown that the maximum pressure exerted by gunpowder is equal to 486 foot-tons per lb. of powder, or that when 1 kilo, of the powder gases occupy the volume of 1 litre, the pressure is equal to 6,400 atmospheres and Berthelot has calculated that every gramme of nitro-glycerine exploded gives 1,320 units of heat. MM. Roux and Sarrau, of the Depot Centrales des Poudres, Paris, by means of calorimetric determinations, have shown that the following units of heat are... 

Dewar, Sir James (1842-1923) British chemist and physicist, born in Scotland. In 1875 he became a professor at (Dambridge University, while carrying out much of his experimental work at the Royal Institution in London. He began studying gases at low temperatures and in 1872 invented the Dewar flask. In 1891, together with Frederick Abel (1827-1902), he developed the smokeless propellant explosive cordite, and in 1898 was the first to liquefy hydrogen. 

British scientists Frederick Abel (1826-1902) and James Dewar invent a propellant (Cordite) similar to Ballistite. 

Cordite (Sir James Dewar) Dewar, with Sir Frederick Abel, invents cordite, a smokeless gunpowder that is widely adopted for munitions. 

English chemist Sir Frederick Augustus Abel develops cordite, a smokeless propellant that is safe to handle. 

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