FRACTURITE.—A coal-mine explosive formerly on the Permitted List, made by the British Explosives Syndicate, Ltd.—
| Nitroglycerine | 52·5 |
| Collodion cotton | 3·5 |
| Potassium nitrate | 23 |
| Wood meal | 6 |
| Ammonium oxalate | 15 |
FUEL-ITE.—There is a series of coal-mine explosives of this name on the American Permissible List. Nos. 1 and 2 are nitroglycerine explosives of the [Carbonite] type. No. 3 is an ammonium nitrate explosive.
FUELLPULVER (or FP.) is the name given by the Germans to mixtures of trinitro-toluene and ammonium nitrate used for filling shell. Fp. 60/40, for instance, is a mixture of 60 parts trinitro-toluene and 40 parts of ammonium nitrate, and is consequently the same as [Amatol 40/60]. Fp. without figures stands for trinitro-toluene.
*FULMEN POWDER is a 33-grain smokeless powder for shot-guns made by the Schultze Gunpowder Co.
FULMENIT.—A blasting explosive made by the German Nobel Co., containing ammonium nitrate, vegetable meal or charcoal, paraffin oil, trinitro-toluene and guncotton.
WETTER-FULMENIT is a coal-mine explosive which has been much used. It differs from the above in containing also sodium or potassium chloride—
| Fulmenit. | Wetter-Fulmenit. | ||
| Ammonium nitrate | 86·5 | 76 | 76·5 |
| Guncotton | 4 | 0·5 | 4 |
| Trinitro-toluene | 5·5 | 11·8 | 5·5 |
| Charcoal | 1·5 | 1·5 | 1·5 |
| Paraffin oil | 2·5 | 0·2 | 2·5 |
| Sodium chloride | — | 10 | 10 |
FUMYL.—A smoke-producing explosive containing trinitro-toluene and ammonium chloride, used for opening poison-gas shell, etc.
GATHURST POWDER.—An explosive of the [Grisounite] class. According to an analysis given in Cundill and Thomson’s Dictionary it consisted of—