blasting gelatin

noun

a type of plastic dynamite containing about 7 percent of a cellulose nitrate, used chiefly in underwater work.

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blasting gelatin also freezes and is sensitive to percussion in this state.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 9 Various
Camphor and other substances have been added to blasting gelatin to render it more solid and less sensitive.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 9 Various

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