PROPELLANTS FOR SHOT-GUNS

Amberite: insoluble nitrocotton 18.6 per cent, nitrates 28 per cent,

soluble nitrocotton 46 per cent, vaseline 6 per cent.

Du Pont Smokeless Powder: nitroglycerine 10 per cent, ammonium nitrate

67.5 per cent, wood-pulp 8 per cent, salt 15 per cent (for coal-mines).

Soluble nitrocotton 46 per cent, metallic nitrates 2.2 per cent (for

shot-guns).

E.C. Powder: insoluble nitrocotton 44 per cent to 48 per cent (Empire

Powder), soluble nitrocotton 30 per cent to 34 per cent, metallic

nitrates 14 per cent to 9 per cent, vaseline 6 per cent to 7 per cent,

camphor 4.6 per cent.

Ideal Powder: made by Nobels.

Neonite. Similar to the above compositions, but containing 73 per cent

of insoluble nitrocotton, 9 per cent soluble nitrocotton. It is also

made for rifled small-arms especially for rim-fire rifles.

New Explosives Company Smokeless Powder. Similar to above.

Rifleite: insoluble nitrocotton 1.7 per cent, soluble nitrocotton 82.5

per cent, nitro-body 4.8 per cent. The nitrocellulose is made from

curcuma.

Ruby Powder: a cheap non-solvent powder, 46 per cent insoluble

nitrocotton, 4 per cent soluble nitrocotton.

Smokeless Diamond and Stoumarkel Smokeless are similar to above.

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