Melinite

This article deals with a specific explosive. For the mixture of substances known under the synonym of the same name, see Gelberde

Melinite is the name of an explosive that belongs to the group of picrate powders.

Melinit mainly consists of picric acid (around 95%) and some collodion jelly. It was used to fill grenades in the 19th century , but with limited success because it tends to spontaneously ignite. The explosive was developed by the French chemist Eugène Turpin , who registered it as a patent on January 12, 1886 under the designation "DRP No. 38734".

literature

• Military Science Association: Organ of the Military Science Associations , Volume 44, Verlag des Military Science Association, 1892, pages 115 ff.

Web links

• Eugène Turpin at chemie-schule.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Melinit . In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . 4th edition. Volume 11, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892, p. 450.
2. ↑ Military Science Association, 1892, page 115.
3. ↑ Innovations in the explosives industry and blasting technology. In: Polytechnisches Journal . 265, 1887, pp. 274-279.