Part 33

=STEELITE= was practically the same as Silesia. Colliery Steelite was a coal-mine explosive on the old Permitted List, and made by Steelite Explosives, Ltd. It contained--

Potassium chlorate 74 Oxidised resin 25 Castor oil 1

Steelite is no longer authorised for manufacture or import into the United Kingdom.

=ST. HELEN’S POWDER.=--A coal-mine explosive of the Ammonal type made by the Roburite Explosives Co., which was on the old Permitted List--

Ammonium nitrate 93·5 Aluminium powder 2·5 Trinitro-toluene 4

=STOMONAL= is a coal-mine explosive made by the New Explosives Co., Ltd. It was on the old Permitted List. In order to pass the Rotherham Test and obtain places on the new Permitted List, No. 1 and No. 2 have had salts added as cooling agents--

No. 1. No. 2. Date of Permit 22-6-14 9-5-17

Nitroglycerine 8 10 10 Ammonium nitrate 84·5 56 60·5 Sodium nitrate -- 6 -- Wood meal 7·5 -- 6·5 Wheat flour -- 8·5 -- Sodium chloride -- 19·5 17 Ammonium oxalate -- -- 6

Limit charge -- 20 30 oz. Power (swing of ballistic pendulum) -- 2·68 2·57”

Including not more than 2 per cent. magnesium carbonate.

=STONAX= is a low-freezing Gelignite containing a small percentage of a nitro-compound.

=STOW-ITE.=--A coal-mine explosive made by the New Explosives Co., Ltd. It was on the old Permitted List--

Nitroglycerine 59 Collodion cotton 4·7 Potassium nitrate 18·3 Wood meal 6 Ammonium oxalate 12

=*STOWMARKET SMOKELESS= is a 33-grain bulk powder for shot-guns made by the New Explosives Co. It is a comparatively inexpensive powder.

=SUNDERITE= was a coal-mine explosive made by Nobel’s Explosives Co., Ltd., at one time on the Permitted List--

Date of Permit 25-11-13

Nitroglycerine 9 Ammonium nitrate 53·2 Potassium perchlorate 9 Wood meal 8·8 Ammonium oxalate 20

Limit charge 16 oz. Power (swing of ballistic pendulum) 2·66”

=SUPER-CLIFFITE.= See =CLIFFITE=.

=SUPER-CURTISITE.= See =CURTISITE=.

=SUPER-EXCELLITE.= See =EXCELLITE=.

=SUPERITE.=--A coal-mine explosive which was made by the Carbonite Company in Germany, and formerly on the Permitted List--

Date of Permit 1-9-13 Nitroglycerine 4 Ammonium nitrate 82 Potassium nitrate 10 Starch 4

Limit charge 10 oz. Power (swing of ballistic pendulum) 2·53”

The Permit was repealed on 21-11-16.

=SUPER-KOLAX.= See =KOLAX.=

=SUPER-RIPPITE.= See =RIPPITE=.

=SWALE POWDER= was a coal-mine explosive on the Permitted List made by the Cotton Powder Co., Ltd.--