Advertisement

Advertisement

mineral jelly

noun

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


mineral jelly

noun

  1. another name for petrolatum
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


Discover More

Word History and Origins

Origin of mineral jelly1

First recorded in 1900–05
Discover More

Example Sentences

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

Ballistite: equal parts of nitroglycerine and soluble nitrocotton with some mineral jelly.

Nobel's invention, "cordite," is composed of nitroglycerin and nitrocellulose with a little mineral jelly or vaseline.

Some mineral jelly is added to render the explosive more stable.

It may also contain calcium and magnesium carbonate and mineral jelly.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


mineralizermineral kingdom