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| − | | colspan="3" style="text-align: center;" | '''Cordite Mark I''' | + | | colspan="3" style="text-align: center;" | '''Composition of Cordite Mark I'''<ref>Campbell. p. 140.</ref> |
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| Petroleum Jelly || 5% | | Petroleum Jelly || 5% | ||
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| + | | colspan="3" style="text-align: center;" | '''Composition of Cordite MD'''<ref>Campbell. p. 140.</ref> | ||
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| + | | Ingredient. || Percentage. | ||
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| + | | Nitroglycerin || 30% | ||
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| + | | Nitrocellulose<br>(Nitrogen) || 65%<br>(Average 13.1%) | ||
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| + | | Petroleum Jelly || 5% | ||
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| + | '''Cordite Mark I''' began to be manufactured in 1889. It was first distributed to the Fleet in 1893 as propellant for 6-inch, 4.7-inch, 6-pdr, and 3-pdr Q.F. guns.<ref>Campbell. p. 140.</ref> | ||
| − | '''Cordite | + | With '''Cordite MD''', first delivered in 1901, the calories per gram on burning (water as liquid) were reduced from 1,270 to 1,020.<ref>Campbell. p. 140.</ref> |
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==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== | ||
Revision as of 12:27, 23 March 2011
Cordite was a solid propellant used in various grades by the Royal Navy from 1889, replacing brown powder propellant. It has received a somewhat poor reputation, being widely held responsible for the loss of a number of warships owing to catastrophic magazine explosions.
History
| Composition of Cordite Mark I[1] | ||
| Ingredient. | Percentage. | |
| Nitroglycerin | 58% | |
| Nitrocellulose (Nitrogen) |
37% (13.1%) | |
| Petroleum Jelly | 5% | |
| Composition of Cordite MD[2] | ||
| Ingredient. | Percentage. | |
| Nitroglycerin | 30% | |
| Nitrocellulose (Nitrogen) |
65% (Average 13.1%) | |
| Petroleum Jelly | 5% | |
Cordite Mark I began to be manufactured in 1889. It was first distributed to the Fleet in 1893 as propellant for 6-inch, 4.7-inch, 6-pdr, and 3-pdr Q.F. guns.[3]
With Cordite MD, first delivered in 1901, the calories per gram on burning (water as liquid) were reduced from 1,270 to 1,020.[4]
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