| No. 2 | No. 3. | |
| Date of Permit | 25-1-19 | 25-1-19 |
| Nitroglycerine | 51·5 | 51·5 |
| Collodion cotton | 3 | 3 |
| Amide compound | 0·2 | 0·3 |
| Potassium perchlorate | 11 | — |
| Sodium nitrate | — | 10 |
| Borax | 23·3 | 25·2 |
| Potassium chloride | 10 | — |
| Sodium chloride | — | — |
| Moisture | 1 | 10 |
Limit charge | 26 | 24 oz. |
| Power (swing of ballistic pendulum) | 2·49 | 2·42” |
SAXONITE was the predecessor of Samsonite on the old Permitted List. It has practically the same composition, but wide limits are allowed. It also is used for general purposes. During the War potassium nitrate was replaced by sodium nitrate.
Ammon-SCHLESIT or Kohlen-SCHLESIT is a German coal-mine explosive containing ammonium nitrate and other nitrates, nitro-compounds, starch, neutral salts, not more than 4 per cent. of [blasting gelatine], and not more than 2 per cent. of potassium perchlorate.
SCHNEIDERITE is a high explosive used by the French for filling shell. Its composition is the same as the [Favier] explosive N1c.
*SCHULTZE POWDER was the first successful smokeless powder made. It was invented by Capt. E. Schultze of the Prussian Artillery, who appears at first simply to have impregnated little grains of wood with saltpetre (Eng. Pat. 900 of 1864). But later the wood cellulose was purified and nitrated, and then mixed with nitrates. The powder has remained the same as this until the present day, although the methods of manufacture have been developed and, indeed, revolutionised more than once. In “Arms and Explosives,” 1917, p. 75, the following analyses of different brands were given—
| Sawdust. | Schultze. | Imperial. | Cube. | Lightning. | |
| Date Introduced | 1869 | 1883 | 1902 | 1908 | 1913 |
| Charge for 12-bore grns. | 42 | 42 | 33 | 30 | 33 |
| Fibrous. | Fibrous. | Fibrous. | Gelatinised. | Fibrous. | |
| Nitrocellulose, insoluble} | 64·8 | 25·0 | 63·7 | 62·1 | 55·0 |
| ” soluble} | 40·0 | 18·9 | 27·0 | 27·0 | |
| Metallic nitrates | 33·0 | 29·0 | 8·0 | 5·0 | 11·2 |
| Vaseline | — | 4·0 | 7·6 | 4·0 | 5·0 |
| Moisture | 2·2 | 2·0 | 1·8 | 1·9 | 1·8 |
The nitrocellulose in all cases has been made from wood cellulose. All the powders are of the bulk type.
Schultze powder is also made in America as a 36-grain fibrous bulk powder—
| Nitrocellulose, insoluble | 4·9 |
| ” soluble | 78·5 |
| Metallic nitrates | 10·5 |
| Vaseline | 3·7 |
| Moisture | 2·4 |
SEAMEX is a coal-mine explosive on the Permitted List made by Explosives and Chemical Products, Ltd.—