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2. Smokeless powder - Wikipedia

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   Finnish smokeless powder. Smokeless powder is a type of propellant used in firearms and artillery that produces less smoke and less fouling when fired compared to black powder. Because of their similar use, both the original black powder formulation and the smokeless propellant which replaced it are commonly described as gunpowder.

3. Indiana Army Ammunition Plant - Wikipedia

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   All areas except the powder storage facilities were placed in caretaker status. In September 1960 all stored powder was removed and 1,546.62 acres (6.2589 km 2 ) were submitted to GSA as excess. The remaining 2,757.49 acres (11.1592 km 2 ) were utilized as woodland, crop land, and the site of a new automated black powder manufacturing facility.

4. Badger Army Ammunition Plant - Wikipedia

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   During World War II, Badger was managed by Hercules Powder Company. It produced rocket propellant, smokeless powder, and E.C. powder. Smokeless powder had been patented a decade before World War II by DuPont and Hercules Powder Company had the rights to make it at Badger. E.C. Powder was used in hand grenades, tear gas canisters, and blank ...

5. Cordite - Wikipedia

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   The first smokeless powder was developed in 1865 by Johann Edward Schultze. At the time of this breakthrough, Schultze was a captain of Prussian artillery. Schultze eventually rose to the rank of colonel. His formulation (dubbed Schultze Powder) was composed of nitrolignose derived from nitrated wood grains, impregnated with saltpetre or barium ...

6. Pyrocollodion - Wikipedia

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   Pyrocollodion is a smokeless powder invented by Dmitri Mendeleev. A variant of the nitrocellulose family of compounds, it was discovered by Dmitri Mendeleev in 1892. He had proposed its use as a replacement for gunpowder in the Russian Navy. This offer was rejected because of cost and efficiency considerations.

7. IMR Legendary Powders - Wikipedia

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   An IMR smokeless powder for reloading The Hagley Museum in Wilmington, Delaware. IMR Legendary Powders is a line of smokeless powders which are popularly used in sporting and military/police firearm cartridges. The initials 'IMR' stand for Improved Military Rifle powder. IMR powders makes a line of various types of smokeless powder suitable for ...

8. Black powder substitute - Wikipedia

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   The grain is the traditional measurement of the weight of bullets, black powder and smokeless powder in English-speaking countries. It is the unit measured by the scales used in handloading; commonly, bullets are measured in increments of one grain, gunpowder in increments of 0.1 grains. [12]

9. National Powder Factory of Ripault - Wikipedia

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   In 1894, the factory commenced production of smokeless powder, or powder B, [19] invented in 1884 by Paul Vieille. This marked a significant technological shift for the Ripault, with the production of black powder gradually being replaced [G2 6] (which ceased in 1907 [G2 7]). By that time, the powder factory covered an area of 50 hectares.