nitrocellulose powder

In 1897 he patented a nitrocellulose powder colloided with ether and alcohol.

I assume you mean the nitrocellulose powder, which is the propellant that forces the bullet down the barrel."

It had coarser grains than other nitrocellulose powders.

In contrast, current day cartridges using modern nitrocellulose powders generating higher pressure can produce a CUP in the 28,000 - 39,000 range.

In 1897, United States Navy Lieutenant John Bernadou patented a nitrocellulose powder colloided with ether-alcohol.

Lesmok powder was a product developed by DuPont in 1911 one of several semismokeless products in the industry containing a mixture of black and nitrocellulose powder.

At the time of divestment, DuPont retained the single base nitrocellulose powders, while Hercules held the double base powders combining nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine.

This tubular powder was used for military loading of the .30 U.S. Army from 1894 until the military specification was changed to single-base nitrocellulose powder in 1908.

These powders were DuPont modifications of John Bernadou's 1897 Naval Torpedo Station patent for nitrocellulose powder colloided with ether and alcohol.

Cordite was a stick-type or 'chopped' smokeless gunpowder composed of nitroglycerine, gun-cotton, and mineral jelly, while Rifleite was a true nitrocellulose powder, composed of soluble and insoluble nitrocellulose, phenyl amidazobense, and volatiles similar to French smokeless powders.