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Cordite

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

A smokeless powder composed of nitroglycerin guncotton and mineral jelly and used by the British army and in other services In making it the ingredients are mixed into a paste with the addition of acetone and pressed out into cords of various diameters resembling brown twine which are dried and cut to length A variety containing less nitroglycerin than the original is known as cordite M D

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