It is authorised for manufacture in, or importation into the United Kingdom.
*BALLISTITE.—One of the first military smokeless powders, invented by Nobel. It consisted of about equal parts of nitroglycerine and soluble nitrocotton incorporated together under water, then passed repeatedly through rolls and cut into flakes. It was adopted by a number of Continental powers, but in consequence of the severe erosion of the guns which it caused, it has been modified or abandoned. The percentage of nitroglycerine is reduced, and consequently it is necessary to use a solvent such as acetone. A little mineral jelly or other stabiliser is sometimes added.
BARATOL.—A mixture of barium nitrate and trinitro-toluene.
BARBARIT.—A German chlorate explosive made at the Sprengstoff-fabriken Kriewald bei Gleinitz.
| Potassium chlorate | 90-92 |
| High-boiling petroleum | 8-10 |
The petroleum has a flash point not below 105° C., and commences to boil not below 242°.
Gelatine-Barbarit has the composition—
| Potassium chlorate | 80 |
| Trinitro-toluene | 10 |
| Liquid mono- and dinitro-toluenes } | 10 |
| gelatinised with 5 per cent. collodion cotton} |
BARKING POWDER.—A mixture of ammonium perchlorate and nitrated naphthalene, formerly used in coal mines.
BAUTZENER SICHERHEITSPULVER.—A German coal-mine explosive containing not less than 70 per cent. of ammonium nitrate, barium nitrate, and not more than 15 per cent. of trinitro-toluene.