(materials) A smokeless propellant containing nitrocellulose and nitroglycerin; used in some rocket, mortar, and small-arms ammunition.
ballistite
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(′bal·ə′stīt)
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 | Alfred Bernhard Nobel (Swedish chemist, inventor & financier) |
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