Date of Permit29-8-14
Nitroglycerine52 
Collodion cotton3 
Potassium nitrate14·5
Borax22·5
Potassium chloride  8 

Limit charge

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

RIVALIT is a German blasting explosive containing ammonium nitrate, vegetable meal, nitro-compounds, and may also contain up to 3 per cent. of [blasting gelatine].

Rivalit P, which has been introduced recently, contains up to 10 per cent. of potassium perchlorate, and is practically the same as [Astralit V].

Chlorat-Rivalit is an explosive of the [Cheddite] type, introduced in Germany during the War—

Potassium chlorate  88·5
Paraffin11·5

ROBURITE is a coal-mine explosive of the [Grisounite] class. In Germany many different mixtures have been made, but in general they are within the following limits—

Ammonium nitrate70 to 80
Potassium nitrate5 ” 10
Trinitro-toluene12 ” 15
Flour6
Sodium chloride5 to 6
Potassium permanganate  0·1 ” 0·5

but some are outside them.

The explosive has also been made in England by the Roburite Explosives Co., Ltd., now incorporated in Roburite and Ammonal, Ltd., who had the following on the old Permitted List—

No. 3 
Ammonium nitrate 88
Dinitro-benzene 11
Chlor-naphthalene    1