kinetite
(ˈkaɪnɪtaɪt)
[f. kineto- + -ite1.]
A disused kind of explosive (see quot. 1918).
| 1887 Jrnl. Soc. Chem. Industry 29 Jan. 3/1 The so-called kinetite is virtually one of what Dr. Sprengel terms his ‘safety explosives’. 1918 E. de W. S. Colvin High Explosives 142 Kinetite, an explosive which was considerably used from about 1885 to 1900, consisted of potassium chlorate incorporated with nitrobenzene and gelatinised with collodion cotton and sulphur. |