axiten.
/ˈaksʌɪt/ A smokeless powder for sporting rifles, composed of strip cordite in which a little of the gun-cotton is replaced by potassium nitrate.
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1904 in Trade Mark Jrnl. 19 Oct.
1905 Kynoch Jrnl. Jan.–Mar. 86 ‘Axite’ Service cartridge.
1915 A. Marshall Explosives 239 Kynoch Ltd. in axite have replaced a portion of the gun-cotton by means of potassium nitrate or oxalates of potassium and barium.
1919 E. de B. Barnett Explosives 78 Axite..is practically Cordite M.D. to which 2 per cent. of potassium nitrate has been added.
1921 Blackwood's Mag. Dec. 802/2 A high-velocity axite charge.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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