Shimose powder
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Shimose + powder. Calque of Japanese 下瀬火薬 (Shimose kayaku), from 下瀬 (Shimose, surname) + 火薬 (kayaku, “gunpowder”, literally “fire chemical”).
Named after Japanese chemist 下瀬雅允 (Shimose Masachika) (1860–1911), the developer of the powder.
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- A picric acid-based explosive.
- Synonyms: Shimose, Shimose gunpowder
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explosive
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