mineral jelly

American

noun

Chemistry.

a gelatinous product made from petroleum, used to stabilize certain explosives.

mineral jelly British

noun

another name for petrolatum

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Etymology

Origin of mineral jelly

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

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Noddite: a strip sporting-rifle powder containing nitroglycerine, nitrocellulose, mineral jelly.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar by Various

Cordite is fifty-eight parts nitroglycerin, thirty-seven parts guncotton, five parts mineral jelly, and, of course, acetone is used as solvent.

From The Three Sapphires by Fraser, W. A.

Monarkite: ammonium and sodium nitrate, nitroglycerine, nitrocotton, starch, mineral jelly, salt.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar by Various

When first devised by the Ordnance Committee, presided over by Sir Frederick Abel, in 1891, this explosive consisted of 58% of nitro-glycerin, 37% of gun-cotton, and 5% of mineral jelly.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" by Various

The diamyl phthalate is added, with or without the mineral jelly to nitro-glycerine and nitro-cellulose.

From Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise by Sanford, P. Gerald (Percy Gerald)

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