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PDFTABLE SHOWING THE HEAT DEVELOPED BY EXPLOSIVES CONTAINING NITRO-GLYCERINE AND NITRO-CELLULOSE IN DIFFERENT PROPORTIONS.
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_______________ Composition of Explosives. | Calories per cent. _____________________________________________|______________
__________ Nitro-cellulose | | (N = 13.3 per cent.). | Nitro-glycerine. | | | 100 per cent. dry pulp | 0 | 1061 100 " gelatinised | 0 | 922 90 " | 10 per cent. | 1044 80 " | 20 " | 1159 70 " | 30 " | 1267 60 " | 40 " | 1347 50 " | 50 " | 1410 40 " | 60 " | 1467 0 " | 100 " | 1652 __________________________|__________________|______________
__________ | | Nitro-cellulose | | (N=12.24 per cent.) | Nitro-glycerine. | | | 80 per cent. | 20 per cent. | 1062 60 " | 40 " | 1288 50 " | 50 " | 1349 40 " | 60 " | 1405 | | __________________________|__________________|______________
__________| Nitro-cellulose | | (N = 13.3 per cent.). | Nitro-glycerine. | Vaseline. | | 55 per cent. | 40 per cent. | 5 per cent. 1134 35 " | 60 " | 5 " 1280 __________________________|__________________|______________
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TABLE OF RESULTS OBTAINED BY LIEUT. W. WALKE., OF THE ARTILLERY, U.S.A, WITH QUINAN’S PRESSURE GAUGE.
Nitro-glycerine being taken as 100. (From U.S. Naval Inst. Jour.)
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___________________ | | | | Compression | Order of | Name of Explosive. | of Lead | Strength. | | | | | Inch. | | Explosive gelatine | 0.585 | 106.17 | Hellhoffite | 0.585 | 106.17 | Nitro-glycerine | 0.551 | 100.00 | Standard, N.G. Nobel’s smokeless powder | 0.509 | 92.38 | Nitro-glycerine | 0.509 | 92.37 | Gun-cotton | 0.458 | 83.12 | U.S. naval torpedo | | | gun-cotton Gun-cotton | 0.458 | 83.12 | Stowmarket. Nitro-glycerine | 0.451 | 81.85 | Vouges, N.G. Gun-cotton | 0.448 | 81.31 | Dynamite No. 1 | 0.448 | 81.31 | Dynamite de Traul | 0.437 | 79.31 |
