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Propellants
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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a generic name for explosives used for propelling projectiles from guns and other firearms, in order to distinguish them from the more violent explosives used in shells, mines, &c., to produce a blasting effect. Some explosive substances can be used both as propellants and as bursters, as for example gunpowder, and some of the ingredients of a propellant may be similar, though differently proportioned and combined, to those of a "high explosive." (For details see EXPLOSIVES; GUNPOWDER; CORDITE, &C.)
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Propellants'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/p/propellants.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Propellants'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/p/propellants.html. 1910.
