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| | | | | Wood-meal 40 '' | 2,100 | 19 | 15 | 26 | ... | | Potas. nitrate 34 '' | | | | | | |___________________________________|_______|_______|_____|______|_____| B ____________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | Original | Percentage | Final | | Explosive. | Temperature |NH_{4}.NO_{3}| Temperature | | |Co-efficient.| added. |Co-efficient.| |__________________________|_____________|_____________|_____________| | | | | | |Nitro-glycerine | 3,200 | ... | ... | |Blasting gelatine | | | | | (8 per cent. gun-cotton)| 3,090 | 88 | 1,493 | |Dynamite | | | | | (25 per cent. silica)| 2,940 | 80 | 1,468 | | | | | | |Gun-cotton, 1 | 2,650 | ... | ... | | | 2,060 | 90.5 | 1,450 | | | | | | |Ammonium nitrate | 1,130 | ... | ... | |__________________________|_____________|_____________|_____________| ~Bellite~ is the patent of Mr Carl Lamm, Managing Director of the Roetebro Explosive Company, of Stockholm, and is licensed for manufacture in England. It consists of a mixture of nitrate of ammonia with di- or tri-nitro-benzol, it has a specific gravity of 1.2 to 1.4 in its granulated state, and 1 litre weighs 800 to 875 grms. Heated in an open vessel, bellite loses its consistency at 90 deg. C., but does not commence to separate before a temperature of 200 deg. C. is reached, when it evaporates without exploding. If heated suddenly, it burns with a sooty flame, somewhat like tar, but if the source of heat is removed, it will cease burning, and assume a caramel-like structure. It absorbs very little moisture from the air after it has been pressed, and if the operation has been performed while the explosive is hot, the subsequent increase of weight is only 2 per cent. When subjected to
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