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BALISTITE [3 records]

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Record 1 2003-08-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Explosives and Pyrotechnical Materials (Industries)
  • Launchers (Astronautics)
CONT

Ballistite is a double-base powder used as a rocket propellant. It is composed of two explosive substances, nitrocellulose and nitroglycerin, blended together with diphenylamine, which acts as a stabilizer. It burns with a considerable amount of flash and smoke, and generates a great volume of gas. Ballistite burns progressively, but at a rate dependent upon the composition and physical characteristics of the powder grain, the temperature of the powder grain before ignition, and the pressure during reaction. It is produced in various shapes to fit the rocket motor housing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Explosifs et artifices (Industries)
  • Lanceurs (Astronautique)
CONT

En 1887 [Alfred Nobel] fabrique ainsi la balistite, mélange à parties égales de trinitroglycérine et de dinitrocellulose. Ce produit mis au point, il est contacté par Sir Frederick Abel et le Professeur Dewar, chargés par le gouvernement britannique de mettre au point «la meilleure poudre sans fumée».

Spanish

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Record 2 2001-10-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Small Arms
DEF

Bulletless cartridge used to launch rifle grenades.

OBS

ballistite cartridge: Obsolete term still sometimes used to refer to a "propulsive cartridge", even though the propellant used may not be ballistite.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes légères
DEF

Cartouche sans balle employée pour le tir des grenades à fusil.

OBS

cartouche propulsive : terme et définition uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de terminologie des armes légères.

OBS

cartouche balistite : terme désuet encore parfois utilisé pour désigner une «cartouche de lancement», même si la poudre utilisée n’ est pas nécessairement de la balistite.

Spanish

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Record 3 1991-05-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Small Arms
DEF

Trademark of the first of the modern smokeless powder. By extension, class of double-base propellants in the form of flakes. See also "ballistite cartridge"; "double-base powder".

OBS

Term and definition officialized by the Small Arms Terminology Working Group.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes légères
DEF

Poudre à base de nitrocellulose. Par extension, catégorie de poudres à double base, en paillettes. Voir aussi "cartouche balistite"; "poudre à double base".

OBS

Terme et définition uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de terminologie des armes légères.

Spanish

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