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westfalite|ˈwɛstfəlaɪt|
Also -falit, -phalite.
[ad. G. Westfalit, f. Westfalisch- (Westphalian), in the name of the original manufacturing company.]
An explosive compound, used in three varieties, of which the principal ingredient was ammonium nitrate.
1896Glasgow Herald 29 Feb. 7/7 The high explosives, ammonite..securite, and westfalit. 1896Daily News 5 Dec. 7/4 The manufacture of the high explosive known as West⁓phalite. 1906Sanford Nitro-Explosives (ed. 2) 294 West Falite No. 1. West Falite No. 2. 1909Guttmann Manuf. Explosives 52 Saxonite..Bobbinite..Westfalite. |