grisoutite

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English

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Etymology

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From grisou +‎ -ite.

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Noun

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grisoutite (uncountable)

  1. (very rare) A type of safety explosive, made from nitroglycerine mixed with magnesium sulfate and sawdust, that could be used where firedamp was present
    • 1889-90 [1]
      It will be seen that all the explosives stemmed with coal-dust, gas being absent, produced flame except grisoutite.
    • 1918 [2]
      Among the explosives designed to meet such conditions and styled abroad safety or flameless explosives are: Ammonite; amvis, aphosite; bellite; benedite; britainite; cambrite; car bonite; Casteau's explosives; dalunenite; Fa vier's explosive; fractorite; Geserick's powder; grisoutine; grisoutite; nitroferrite; progressite; roburite; securite; westphalite ; wetterdyna mite.
    • 2007 [3]
      It is mainly used in the chemical facilities producing nitric acid and grisoutite.

French

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Etymology

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From grisou +‎ -ite.

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grisoutite f (plural grisoutites)

  1. grisoutite
    • 1891 s:fr:Les Merveilles de la science/Poudres de guerre - Supplément
      La grisoutite est donc une dynamite brûlant sans flamme, avantage précieux pour le travail dans les mines qui sont sujettes au grisou, mais son action est bien inférieure à celle des dynamites ordinaires.
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    • 1893 [4]
      C’est ainsi que l’on a préconisé les dynamites à Vammoniaque, la grisoutite, la grisoutine et autres produits qu’exposent la Société générale pour la fabrication de la dynamite etdes produits chimiques et la Société française des explosifs.
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Noun

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grisoutite f (plural grisoutiti)

  1. grisoutite