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  2. List of UN numbers 0301 to 0400 - Wikipedia

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    Nitrocellulose, unmodified or plasticized with less than 18 percent plasticizing substance, by mass UN 0342: 1.3C: Nitrocellulose, wetted with not less than 25 percent alcohol, by mass UN 0343: 1.3C: Nitrocellulose, plasticized with not less than 18 percent plasticizing substance, by mass UN 0344: 1.4D: Projectiles, with bursting charge UN 0345 ...

  3. Nitrocellulose - Wikipedia

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    Nitrocellulose is widely used as support in diagnostic tests where antigen-antibody binding occurs; e.g., pregnancy tests, U-albumin tests, and CRP tests. Glycine and chloride ions make protein transfer more efficient. Radon tests for alpha track etches use nitrocellulose. Adolph Noé developed a method of peeling coal balls using ...

  4. Ball propellant - Wikipedia

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    Ball propellant (trademarked as Ball Powder by Olin Corporation and marketed as spherical powder by Hodgdon Powder Company [1]) is a form of nitrocellulose used in small arms cartridges. Ball propellant can be manufactured more rapidly with greater safety and less expense than extruded propellants.

  5. Smokeless powder - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  6. Improved military rifle powder - Wikipedia

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    Number 4831 was used to load navy anti-aircraft machine gun ammunition, and number 4895 was used to load United States service rifle ammunition. As these propellants became military surplus after the war, large quantities of different batches were blended together to make products with uniform average performance for sale to civilians.

  7. Cordite - Wikipedia

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    In contrast, insoluble in alcohol, nitrocellulose was known as gun cotton and was used as an explosive. [13] [14] Nobel's patent refers to the production of Celluloid using camphor and soluble nitrocellulose; and this was taken to imply that Nobel was specifically distinguishing between the use of soluble and insoluble nitrocellulose. [14]

  8. Energy density Extended Reference Table - Wikipedia

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    Thermite (powder Al + Fe 2 O 3 as oxidizer) 4.00: 18.4: Hydrogen peroxide decomposition (as monopropellant) 2.7: 3.8: battery, Lithium-ion nanowire: 2.54: 95% [clarification needed] [13] battery, Lithium Thionyl Chloride (LiSOCl2) [14] 2.5: Water 220.64 bar, 373.8 °C [citation needed] [clarification needed] 1.968: 0.708: Kinetic energy ...

  9. Poudre B - Wikipedia

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    Poudre B" is made from 68.2% insoluble nitrocellulose, 29.8% soluble nitrocellulose gelatinized with ether and 2% paraffin. "Poudre B" is made up of very small paper-thin flakes that are not white but dark greenish grey in colour. "Poudre B" was first used to load the 8mm Lebel cartridges issued in 1886 for the Lebel rifle.