Many explosives of this type are in use in different countries. On the old British Permitted List were [Ammonite], [Westfalite], [Bellite] and [Roburite] amongst others. Those now on the List contain ammonium or sodium chloride to enable them to pass the Rotherham Test, e.g. the later Ammonites, Bellite Nos. 2 and 4, [Faversham Powder] and [Negro Powder].
On the Belgian list of Explosifs S.G.P. is Favier II bis—
| Ammonium nitrate | 77·6 |
| Dinitro-naphthalene | 2·4 |
| Ammonium chloride | 20 |
| Charge limite More than | 293 grammes. |
FAVORIT. See [KORONIT].
*FELIXITE is a smokeless shot-gun powder introduced in 1906 by the New Explosives Company. It is a fibrous 42-grain bulk powder, and, according to an analysis published in “Arms and Explosives,” 1917, p. 76, has the composition—
| Nitrocellulose, insoluble | 40·5 |
| ” soluble | 20·5 |
| Metallic nitrates | 30·0 |
| Nitro-compound | 5·0 |
| Vaseline | 2·7 |
| Moisture | 1·3 |
*FILITE was a smokeless powder formerly used in the Italian services. It was a [Ballistite] consisting generally of equal parts of nitroglycerine and collodion cotton, to which 0·5 to 1 per cent. of aniline or diphenylamine was added as a stabiliser. It was gelatinised with a solvent and drawn out into cords.
FLAMMIVORE.—A Belgian coal-mine explosive made at Arendonck—
| O. | I. | ||
| Ammonium nitrate | 70 | Blasting gelatine | 4 |
| Barium nitrate | 15 | Ammonium nitrate | 82 |
| Cellulose | 5 | Potassium nitrate | 10 |
| Dinitro-toluene | 10 | Rye flour | 4 |
Charge limite | 100g. | Charge limite | 500g. |
III. | |
| Nitroglycerine | 6 |
| Ammonium nitrate | 70 |
| Ammonium sulphate | 9 |
| Barium sulphate | 7 |
| Dextrin | 8 |
Charge limite | 650g. |