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Dictionary of Explosives

Chapter 3: CLASSIFICATION
By Arthur Marshall
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This concise reference compiles definitions, compositions, and functional classifications of explosives and related materials, with an introductory discussion of nitrocellulose and distinctions between propellants, high explosives, and primary igniters. It surveys coal-mine, blasting, and military formulations, reports testing and permitted-list practices in different countries, and lists numerous proprietary and commercial names alongside indicative ingredient ranges. Entries emphasize safety, intended use, and manufacturing notes while acknowledging gaps and the evolving state of the trade. The volume is organized for quick technical lookup rather than narrative, aimed at practitioners and regulators working with explosive materials.

CLASSIFICATION

COAL-MINE EXPLOSIVES

American Permissible Explosives.
Aetna Coal Mine Powder. Guardian.
Bental Coal Powder. Hecla No. 2.
Bituminite. Hygrade Coal Powder.
Black Diamond. Kanite.
Cameron Mine Powder. Lomite.
Carbonite. Lowinite.
Coalite. Meteor.
Coal Special. Miners’ Friend.
Collier Powder. Min-ite.
Cronite. Monobel.
Detonite. Nitro Low-Flame.
Du Pont Permissible. Red H.
Eureka. Trojan Coal Powder.
Fort Pitt Mine Powder. Tunnelite.
Fuel-ite. Vigorite.
Giant Coal Mine Powder. Xpdite.

Austrian and Hungarian.
Chloratit. Progressit.
Dynammon. Titanit.

Belgian Explosifs S.G.P.
Alsilite. Grisoutite.
Antigel de Sûreté. Ingélite.
Baelenite. Minerite.
Colinite antigrisouteuse. Minite.
Cornil. Minolite.
Densite. Pulvérite.
Dynamite antigrisouteuse. Sabulite antigrisouteuse.
Favier Explosives. Securophore.
Flammivore. Wallonite.
Forcite antigrisouteuse. Yonckite.
Fractorite. (There were also several
Grisoutine II. explosives made in Germany.)

British.
*Abbcite. *Herculite.
*Abelite. *Kent Powder.
*Ajax Powder.  Kentite.
*Albionite. *Kolax.
*Amasite. *Kolax (Super-).
*Ammonal. *Kynarkite.
 Ammonite. *Kynite.
*Amvis. *Melling Powder.
*Anchorite. *Mersey Powder.
*Aphosite. *Minite.
*Arkite.  Monarkite.
*Barking Powder.  Monobel.
 Bellite. *Monobel Powder.
 Bobbinite. *Nationalite.
*Britonite.  Negro Powder.
*Bull Dog. *Neonal.
 Cambrite. *Nitro-Densite.
*Carbonite. *Nobel Ammonia Powder.
*Celtite. *Normanite.
*Cliffite. *Oaklite.
 Cliffite (Super-). *Odite.
*Clydite. *Permon Powder.
*Cornish Powder. *Permonite.
*Coronite. *Phœnix Powder.
*Curtisite. *Pit-ite.
*Curtisite (Super-). *Pitsea Powder.
 Denaby Powder.  Rex Powder.
*Dominite. *Rexite.
*Dragonite. *Rippite.
*Dreadnought Powder.  Rippite (Super-).
 Du Pont Permissible.  Roburite.
*Duxite. *Russelite.
 Dynobel.  Samsonite.
*Electronite. *Saxonite.
 Essex Powder.  Seamex.
*Excellite. *Sheppey Powder.
 Excellite (Super-). *Stanford Powder.
 Expedite. *Steelite (Colliery).
*Faversham Powder. *St. Helen’s Powder.
 Fortex (New).  Stomonal.
*Fracturite. *Stow-ite.
*Gathurst Powder. *Sunderite.
*Good Luck. *Superite.
 Haylite. *Swale Powder.

*Swalite.
*Victorite.
*Syndite.  Viking Powder.
 Thames Powder. *Virite.
*Tutol. *Westfalite.
*Uplees Powder. *Withnell Powder.
*Victor Powder.  
(Those marked * are not now on the Permitted List.)

French.
Favier explosives. N.
Grisounite. Naphthalite (Grisou-).
Grisoutine.  

German.
Albit (Wetter-). Lignosit.
Astralit (Wetter-). Monachit.
Bautzener Sicherheits-pulver. Naphthalit.
Bavarit. Nobelit.
Cahuecit (Ammon-). Orkanit.
Carbonite. Pastanit.
Chloratzit. Permonit.
Chromamonit. Perrumpit.
Cosilit. Persalit (Wetter-).
Dahmenit. Plastomenit.
Detonit. Rhenanit (Wetter-).
Donarit. Roburite.
Dorfit. Romperit (Wetter-).
Dynamit (Wettersicheres). Salit.
Elsagit (Ammon-). Schlesit.
Foerder Sicherheitssprengstoff.  Securite.
Foerdit. Siegenit.
Fulmenit (Wetter-). Teutonit.
Gehlingerit. Tremonit.
Gesilit. Tunnelit.
Glueckauf. Walsrode (Wetter-).
Kohlenkarbonit. Westfalit.
Koronit (Kohlen-). Wetter-Dynamit.
Lenit (Neu-).  

BLASTING EXPLOSIVES
Aerolit. Alkalsit.
Aetna. Amasite.
Albit. Ammonal.
 
Ammoniakkrut. Koronit.
Anagon. L.C. Pulver.
Anilit. Leonit.
Astralit. Ligdyn.
Atlas Powder. Lignosit.
Barbarit. Lithofracteur.
Blastine. Loewenpulver.
Blasting Gelatine. Luxit.
Bomlit. M.B. Powder.
C. Marsit.
Cahuecit. Meganit.
Carbite d’Ablon. Melanite.
Carbo-Dynamite. Mercurit.
Carlsonite. Miedziankit.
Cheddite. Minolite.
Chloratzite. Mitchellite.
Cugnite. Monachit.
Dahmenite. Naphthalit.
Denaby Powder. Nitrolit.
Densite. O.
Dominit. Oakley Quarry Powder.
Donarit. Oxyliquit.
Dynamite. Pastanil.
Electronite. Peragon.
Ergite. Perchlorit.
Erin Gelignite. Perdit.
Extra Dynamite. Perilit.
Forcite. Persalit.
Fumenit. Petroklastit.
Gehlingerit. Petrolit.
Gelatinée a l’Ammoniaque. Pfalzit.
Gelatine Dynamite. Pierrite.
Gelignite. Plastammon.
Giant Powder. Plessit.
Halalite. Pniowit.
Hammonit. Polarite.
Helagon. Praeposit.
Helit. Prométhée.
Hercules Powder. Prosperit.
Imperialite. Rack-a-Rock.
Judson Powder. Raschit.
Kausolit. Red Cross.
Kinetit. Rendrock.
Kiwit. Rexol.
 
Rhenanit. Stonax.
Rhexit. Telsit.
Rivalit. Territ.
Rockite. Teutonit.
Romperit. Thornit.
Roslin Giant Blasting Powder. Titanite.
Sabulite. Tonite.
Saxonite. Tremonit.
Sebomite Velox Gelatine.
Sengite. Vender.
Siegenit. Vigorite.
Silesia. Vulcan Powder.
Sprengel Explosives. Wilhelmit.
Sprengsalpeter. Yonckite.

HIGH EXPLOSIVES
(For Shells and Bombs.)
Alumatol. Himalayite.
Amatol. Hudson’s Explosive.
Amatoxol. Lyddite.
Anilite. Macarite.
Astralit. Mélinite.
Baratol. Nitrolit.
Cilferite. Panclastite.
Crésylite. Perdit.
Dunnite. Plastrotyl.
Echo. Schneiderite.
Ecrasite. Shellite.
Fuellpulver. Stabilite.
Fumyl. T.N.T.
Granatfuellung. Toxol.
H.E. Triplastit.
Hellhofite.  

MISCELLANEOUS EXPLOSIVES
Black Powder. Ophorite.
C.P. Pulvérin.
Centralite. Pyrocollodion.
Cheesa Sticks. Pyroxyline.
Collodion Cotton. Stabilite.
Flobert Ammunition. Tetryl.
Glonoine. White Gunpowder.
Halakite.

PROPELLANTS
(For Shot-guns.)
Amberite. Neonite.
Cannonite. New Explosives Co.’s
Clermonite.    Smokeless Powder.
Cooppal’s Powder. Normal Powder.
Crystal. Plastomenit.
Du Pont Smokeless Powder. Primrose Smokeless.
E.C. Powder. Red Star.
Economic. Rifleite (Shot Gun).
Eley Smokeless Powder. Rottweil Smokeless Powder.
Empire. Ruby Powder.
Felixite. S.
Fulmen Powder. S.S.
Henrite. Schultze Powder.
Ideal Powder. Smokeless Diamond.
J. Stowmarket Smokeless.
K.S. T.
M. Troisdorf Smokeless Powder.
Mischpulver. Walsrode Shot Gun Powder.
Mullerite.  

(For Rifled Fire-arms.)
Amide Powder. N.C.T.
Ammonpulver. Neonite.
Apyrite. Nitrokol.
Axite. Normal Powder.
B. P.C./88.
Ballistite. R.F.G.
Brugère’s Powder. R.L.G.
Cocao Powder. Rifleite.
Cordite. Rottweil Smokeless Powder.
C.S.P. S.K.
Filite. S.R.
Hebler Powder. S.V.
Indurite. Solenite.
Lafflin and Rand. Troisdorf Smokeless Powder.
Moddite. Wetteren.