RHEXIT.—An Austrian dynamite.
| II. | III. | IV. | V. | |
| Nitroglycerine | 50 | 35 | 24 | 15 |
| Sodium nitrate | 32·6 | 37 | 56·2 | 62·9 |
| Wood meal | 17 | 27·5 | 19 | 21·2 |
| Sodium carbonate | 0·4 | 0·5 | 0·8 | 0·9 |
*RIFLEITE was a completely gelatinised smokeless powder which was made by the Smokeless Powder Co.; it was in the form of flakes. A variety was also introduced for use in shot-guns and was called Shot-Gun Rifleite; this was a 37-grain gelatinised dense powder.
| Shot-gun Rifleite. | For ·303 Rifle. | |
| Date of Introduction | 1894 | 1890 |
| Nitrocellulose, insoluble | 76·0 | 1·7 |
| ” soluble | 18·9 | 82·5 |
| Nitro-compound | 3·5 | 14·8 |
| Moisture | 1·6 | 1·0 |
The nitrocellulose was made from lignin. These analyses were given in “Arms and Explosives,” 1917, p. 77.
RIPPING AMMONAL. See [AMMONAL].
RIPPITE is an explosive made by Curtis’s and Harvey, which was on the old Permitted List—
| Nitroglycerine | 61 |
| Collodion cotton | 4 |
| Potassium nitrate | 19 |
| Castor oil | 1 |
| Wood meal | 5 |
| Ammonium oxalate | 10 |
It is no longer “permitted” for use in dangerous coal mines, but is still used for general purposes.
SUPER-RIPPITE is a modification of this, which has passed the Rotherham Test and is on the Permitted List—