Vegetable meal

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)... 

Percoronit Percoronite). A blasting expl which replaced Coronit in stone quarries and ore mines K perchlorate 65, NG 5, aromatic nitrocompds 25, and vegetable meal 5% (See also Perkoronit) Refs l)Bebie (1943), 116 2)PATR2510... 

Na chloride 14, paraffin 8, MNN 5 wood meal 1%. OB -2.6% Trauzl test value, 195cc Refs 1) Naoum, Expl (1927), 147 2) PATR 2510 (1958), Ger 101-R Kohlen-Salit. NG (gelatinized with NC) 12.5, vegetable meal 2.5, aromatic nitrocompounds 7.0, AN 41.0 alkali chlorides 37.0%. OB -2.6%, Trauzl test value 260cc Refs 1) Naoum, NG (1928), 411 2) Fedoroff Clift 4 (1946), 49 3) PATR 2510... 

Koronit. One of the Ger expls of the chlora-tite class, developed during WWI in order to conserve NG. It contains K nitrate and/or Na nitrate 70—80, Nitroderivatives of toluene and/or diphenylamine and/or naphthalene 12—20, vegetable meal 1—5, solid hydrocarbons and/or oils and fats 3—5 NG (not gelatinized) 2—6%... 

A similar expl mixture was used in Sweden under the name of Novit. HNDPhA was also used by the Germans prior to WWII in the mixtures contg 10—40% of PA, DNT, DNN and vegetable meal 0—4%. It was also used in commercial expls known as Neurodits. These expls contd surplus military expls of WWI, mostly TNT. A mixture of HNDPhA with A1 powder was known as Schiesswolle 18 or TSMVI-101 (Ref 33)... 

Detonit (Ger). In addn to info ahout Brit Detonites given on p Dll09 L, it may be stated that the Germans used the same three formulations, plus Detonit 3 of compn AN 82.7, NC (colloided by NG).aromatic nitro-compds 1.0, vegetable meal 4.3 NaCl 8.0% Trauzl Test value 225cc Ref PATR 2510(1958), p Ger 35-R... 

Dynamit 4 (Get). NG 36.0—39.5, NC (from surplus smokeless propint) 0.5—4, alkali nitrate and/or K perchlorate 40—50, vegetable meal and/or solid hydrocarbons 1—7 inorganic inert salts 7—12%... 

One of the most effective physical adsorbents is activated carbon, Kieselguhr, formerly used in dynamites, is also an effective adsorbent. Other physical adsorbents include activated alumina, clays, silica, charcoal, sawdust, wood pulp, vegetable meals, carbene and various salts. Some of these substances(sawdust, meals, AN,... 

Bebie(Ref 3) gives two examples a)NG 62.5, NC 2.5, Na nitrate 27.0 and wood pulp 8.0% and b) NG 36, NC 2, vegetable meal 2, nitrates and/or perchlorates 52 nitro-compoundsfof toluene, naphthalene or di phenylamine) 8%. Bebie also cites Gel-Coalites as a brand of gelatinous permissible expls manufd by the Atlas Powder Co of Wilmington, Del, but does not give their composns Refs 1)C.E.Munroe C.Hall, USBurMines Bull 80(1915) 2)Davis(l943),344-5 3)Bebie (1943), 73-4... 

Figure 13.9 Analysis of processed vegetal meals (AandE = beet B = rapeseed C = linseed D = wheat F = lucerne G = soya H = corn) by NIR imaging. NIR images at 1480 nm. From Walloon Agricultural Research Centre, Belgium.

Composition Nitroglycerine, gelatinized with 2-6 per cent of collodion cotton, is absorbed in a vegetable meal for the purpose of tempering its action, with addition of enough saltpeter or other nitrates to bum the wood meal completely. The mixture of meal and nitrates is called the dope. It may also contain a small amount of antacid. Composed of 45-65 per cent blasting gelatine and 55-35 per cent mixed dope. 

A vegetable meal used as an absorbent for nitroglycerine in the manufacture of dynamites (See),... 

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