It is authorised for manufacture in, or importation into the United
Kingdom.
*=BALLISTITE.=--One of the first military smokeless
powders, invented by Nobel. It consisted of about equal parts of
nitroglycerine and soluble nitrocotton incorporated together under
water, then passed repeatedly through rolls and cut into flakes. It
was adopted by a number of Continental powers, but in consequence
of the severe erosion of the guns which it caused, it has been
modified or abandoned. The percentage of nitroglycerine is reduced,
and consequently it is necessary to use a solvent such as acetone. A
little mineral jelly or other stabiliser is sometimes added.
=BARATOL.=--A mixture of barium nitrate and trinitro-toluene.
=BARBARIT.=--A German chlorate explosive made at the
Sprengstoff-fabriken Kriewald bei Gleinitz.
Potassium chlorate 90-92
High-boiling petroleum 8-10
The petroleum has a flash point not below 105° C., and commences
to boil not below 242°.