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BLACK BLASTING POWDER [1 record]

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Record 1 2016-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Blasting Work (Mining)
DEF

black powder usu. containing sodium nitrate manufactured in grains or pellets and used esp. for blasting soft materials (as in coal mines) (...)

DEF

Black powder: an explosive consisting of black gunpowder now used chiefly as an ignition charge and primer (...); also: a similar explosive consisting of a mixture of sodium nitrate instead of potassium nitrate and charcoal and sulfur used chiefly in blasting (...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travail aux explosifs (Exploitation minière)
DEF

(...) poudre noire pour emploi au minage.

DEF

Poudre noire: Explosif constitué de trois éléments: le salpêtre (nitrate de potassium (...),) le soufre et le charbon de bois.

Spanish

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