SUPER-CLIFFITE differs considerably from this. There are two formulæ which have passed the Rotherham Test, but only No. 2 is still on the Permitted List—

No. 1.No. 2.
Date of Permit21-9-16  21-9-16
Nitroglycerine9·59·5
Collodion cotton0·50·5
Ammonium nitrate59  59·5
Wood meal6  6 
Sodium chloride15  19·5
Ammonium oxalate10  5 

Limit charge

26

30 oz.
Power (swing of ballistic pendulum)  2·532·53”

CLYDITE was a coal-mine explosive formerly made by Nobels at Ardeer. It was similar to Nobel Carbonite, but the potassium nitrate was replaced by the barium salt, and it might contain up to 8 per cent. of ammonium oxalate.

COALITE.—There is a series of coal-mine explosives of this name on the American Permissible List. Varieties X, 3X, and 3XC are ammonium nitrate explosives; whereas 1, 2D, 2DL and 2MLF are nitroglycerine explosives.

COAL SPECIAL are American coal-mine explosives on the Permissible List. They are all nitroglycerine explosives.

COCOA POWDER or Brown Powder was a variety of gunpowder made with a brown charcoal prepared from straw—

Potassium nitrate  79
Sulphur3
Straw charcoal18

It was compressed to a density of 1·8 into prisms or grains of considerable size, and was used in guns of large calibre. E.X.E. and S.B.C. were special varieties of this.

COLINIT ANTIGRISOUTEUSE.—A Belgian coal-mine explosive of the [Carbonite] type. The ordinary formula is practically the same as that of Kohlencarbonite and Minerite. Type B consists of—

Blasting gelatine26
Potassium perchlorate6
Ammonium nitrate20
Trinitro-toluene12
Rye flour and cellulose  29
Magnesium sulphate7