Cordite is a family of smokeless propellants developed and produced in Britain since 1889 to replace black powder as a military firearm propellant. Like modern gunpowder, cordite is …

Jan 6, 2025 · The British Navy at last had a satisfactory stable Cordite, its performance in accelerated corrosion tests far surpassing that of Cordite MC, but a cooler propellant was …

The actual charges used to fire the guns were cordite (Colloidal-propellant) and in British use consisted of a blend of nitrocellulose and nitro-glycerin with stabilizing additives. During WW1 …

Mar 16, 2015 · Cordite, the propellant that once hurled British bullets and shells, is notoriously unstable and less than six months later there was a second explosion on ocean liner Princess …

Cordite is a member of a family of gaseous chemicals used to make smokeless explosives for the military. From the late 19th century it replaced black gunpowder as the main propellant for …

During World War One, Gretna was the site of the Britain’s largest cordite factory. Women workers came from all over the UK to help make “Devil’s Porridge”, a mixture of gun cotton …

The manufacture of Cordite from its component materials was essentially that of combining a fairly stiff paste (nitrocellulose) with an oily liquid (nitroglycerine) and converting the resultant …

Jul 28, 2014 · Cordite was a solid propellant used in various grades by the Royal Navy from 1889, replacing brown powder propellant. It has received a somewhat poor reputation, being widely …

The Royal Naval Cordite Factory (RNCF) was built between Poole and Wareham during the First World War to make Cordite, which is classed as a propellant, not an explosive. In 1914 …

Cordite. Cordite was made by mixing guncotton or nitrocellulose with nitroglycerine. The resulting solid was rolled and cut to fit hydraulic presses. The extruded cordite would then be cut to the …