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BLASTING GELATIN [1 record]

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Record 1 2004-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Explosives and Pyrotechnical Materials (Industries)
  • Blasting Work (Mining)
DEF

A plastic dynamite that contains 5-10% nitrocellulose added to nitroglycerin; used principally in submarine work.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Explosifs et artifices (Industries)
  • Travail aux explosifs (Exploitation minière)
CONT

La première dynamite-gomme, brevetée en 1875 par Nobel, qui l'appelait gélatine explosive, se composait de 92-93% de nitroglycérine et de 7-8% de nitrocellulose. (...) C'est un explosif puissant et brisant, qui convient aux tirs dans les roches dures ou aux travaux sous-marins (...)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Explosivos y fuegos de artificio (Industrias)
  • Trabajo con explosivos (Explotación minera)
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