Collodion cottons

MC No 3 Powder. Austrian safety expl (1898) contg Amm nitrate 91.6 and collodion cotton 8.4%... 

Methylnitropropanolnitrate readily gelatinizes collodion cotton and, to a lesser extent, higher-nitrogen NC. Its explosive power is comparable to that of TNT, and about 75% of that of blasting gelatin. It is very insensitive to detonation, and for this reason its sand test value could not be detd... 

Military Blasting Gelatines. Expls used in Austria between 1878 and 1892 contg 96p of blasting gelatin (NG 90, Collodion Cotton 10%) and 4p of camphor. A similar expl was used in Russia during WWI for filling trench mortar rounds. 

Monachit. A Ger blasting expl also known as Vigorit. Monachit I cont AN 81, trinitroxylene (TNX) 13, K nitrate 5, and flour 1%. Monachit II cont AN 64, TNX 12, K nitrate plus Na nitrate 3, K chloride 19, charcoal 1, collodion cotton 1%. Monachit II has a limit charge of more than 500g. Its vel of deton at d 1.20 g/cc is about 4800m/sec, while at d 1.56g/cc it falls to I780m/sec... 

Monarkite. Brit permitted mining expl contg typically NG 12.0, AN 4.97, Na chloride 24.5, Na nitrate 7.5, starch 4.0, mineral jelly 2.0, and collodion cotton 0.3%. Its charge limit is 26oz, and power by BalPend is 2.61 inches... 

Nahsen Dynamites. Contained creosote to lower the freezing point of the mixt, A typical formulation contained creosote 41.5, NG 25.0, K nitrate 18.0, rye flour 9.0, collodion cotton 1.0 Na bicarbonate 5.5%... 

Nahsen Explosives. Several commercial expls of the carbonite type were patented in 1899 by Spregnstoffwerke Dr R. Nahsen Co of Hamburg, Ger. One was named Phoenix Powder and contained NG 29.5, K nitrate 32.0, wood meal 38.0 collodion cotton 0.5%... 

Pb or Ba dioxides 1% finely pulverized Cu 2% an extremely brisant expl. (d) Brisant expls were prepd by mixing solid or liq N.S.N. with PA in all proportions, (e) Gelantinous, dough-like expls can be prepd by dissolving 6p of collodion cotton in 94p of oily N.S.N., preheated to 100°. (f) By incorporating, with warming, 30—40% of AN plus flour into the above mixt (e), a solid mass is obtained which may be pulverized and used in lieu of Dynamites Refs 1) G. Schultz F. Gehr, USP 894707 (1906) 2) C. Distier, E. Blecher C. Lopez,... 

Neonals. Brit permissible expls No 1 K perchlorate 14, NG 40, collodion cotton 2, wood-meal 4.5, Amm oxalate 39.5 w 0.5% power by BalPend 2.51", limit charge 30 oz No 2 ... 

Newit. A Rus pre-WWI mining expl contg NG (gelatinized with collodion cotton) 4, AN 78, K nitrate 5, Na chloride 8 vegetable meal 5% Ref Anon, SS 12, 431 (1917)... 

Nitrol. Early Brit plastic safety expl, patented by O. Silberrad in 1912 (Ref 2). A typical formulation is Nitrol 10, highly. nitrated benzene hydrocarbons 20, collodion cotton 0.5, and AN 69.5%. Under the same name, O. Silberrad took... 

Nobel it. One of the permissible Gelatine-Dy narrates manufd by the Nobel Explosive Co. It contd NG 28.0, collodion cotton 0.7, AN 39.7, dextrin 2.5, potato flour 10.0, vegetable oil... 

Novo-Nobelits (New Nobelites). Russ pre-WWI coal mining expls contg NG (gelatinized with collodion cotton) 11.5-12, AN 47—50, Na nitrate 4—3, glycerin 3.5—4, potato meal 6, Na chloride 22—20, talcum 6%... 

Pannonit. An Austrian pre WWI permissible low-freezing mining expl contg NG 25.5, NC (collodion cotton) 1.5, AN 37, dextrin 4, glycerol 3, MNT 5, Na or KC1 24%. It was fired with a special detonator contg TNT, and replaced the previously used Progressit (qv) Refs 1) Anon, SS S, 398 (1913) 2) Marshall... 

Picric Nitrogelatine (Nitrogelatine Picrique in Fr). A gelatinous expl compd patented in Ger in 1887, prepd by mixing 10p of NG with 1 p of PA and gelatinizing the resulting soln with a small amt of collodion cotton. Such materials as flour, starch, nitrates, chlorates, perchlorates, etc, could be added to this jelly... 

N. See Collodion Cotton or Pyroxylin and Pyrocellulose, Pyro or Pyrocotton in Vol 2. 

Plastit. A WWII plastic expl contg RDX 64, collodion cotton 3.5, and liq or semi-liq nitro-hydrocarbons 32.5% (Refs 1 2). Ref 3 states that it is a Swiss trade name for a plastic mil expl based on PETN, manufd by Schweiz, Sprengstoffe-Fabrik A-G Refs 1) All EnExpls(1946), 127 2)PATR 2510 (1946), Ger 134-R 3) Private communi-... 

Plastrit or piastrotyl. Plastic expls patented in 1906 by C.E. Bichel. They were prepd by mixing 85—87p of TNT with liq and/or solid resins (such as copaiba, balsam, benzoin gum, styrax, turpentine, etc), and collodion cotton, with or without liq DNT Refs 1) Colver (1918), 249 2) PATR 2510... 

Notes It was proposed for use as an antifreeze addition to Dynamites. A blasting gelatine consisting of 93% 1,3-Propanediol Dinitrate and 7% collodion cotton gave a Pb block expansion of 470ml, or about 80% of the effect produced by the same gelatine contg NG... 

Shortly afterwards (1885) Vieille s powder was introduced in France under the name of B powder (Poudre B). Vieille utilized two types of nitrocellulose for its manufacture collodion cotton CP2, soluble in a mixture of ether and alcohol and forming the powder dough cotton CPi, insoluble in a mixture of ether and alcohol, incorporated into the powder mass in the form of unchanged fibres... 

To prepare a gelatinous expl, mix with stirring 4 pts of collodion cotton dissolved in 10 pts of acet, 6 pts of nitrated glue , and 1 pt of castor oil (to increase the flexibility of the product). After evapg the acet, the mass can be cartridged To prepare a granular expl, the above procedure is used, except that the castor oil is replaced by an equal wt of mononitronaphthalene. About 80% of the acet is evapd, and the mass extruded in any desired shape. Or, the acet can be almost completely removed, and the mass rolled into sheets which can be cut to any desired size... 

Pyroxylins. A group of Nitrocelluloses with N content ranging from 10% and less to about 12.65%. The lower N members (see also under Collodion Cotton in Vol 3, C394-R) are used... 

Pb dinitroresorcinate 55, K perchlorate 20, sulfur 10, A1 powder 10 collodion cotton in soln 5%) Ad 81a) M. Berger, MAF 25, 77-89(1951) (Fusees de proximite) (Proximity fuzes) Ad 82) A.M. Ball, Ordn 37, 438-40(1952) (Igniter compn for solid rocket propints. It consists of a large propn of BkPdr and a small propn of a flash mixt)... 

Hemp Nitrate (Nitrohemp) (In French Nitro-chanvre). Nitrohemp resembles cotton nitrocellulose or nitrojute in its properties. It may be prepared by nitrating hemp with mixed nitric-sulfuric acid. Trench (Ref 2) proposed using it as1 a basic ingredient in commercial explosives. Other components were collodion cotton, resin, ozokerite, glycerin etc Ref Daniel (1902), 773... 

Herculite. A perchlorate explosive which was at one time on the British Permitted List . KC104 27/NG 33/collodion cotton l/woodmeal 9/NH4 oxalate 29/H20 1 limit charge 16 oz Ref Barnett (1919), 137... 

Hexonite (Swiss). Hexonites are plastic explosives, proposed by Stettbacher, consisting of RDX and NG, with or without Collodion Cotton. For instance ... 

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