Cheddite
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The word cheddite has these meanings:-
- A class of explosive materials that were originally manufactured in the town of Chedde in Savoy, France in the early twentieth century. Closely related to Sprengel explosives, cheddites consisted of a high proportion of inorganic chlorates mixed with nitroaromatics (e.g. nitrobenzene or dinitrotoluene) plus a little paraffin or castor oil as a moderant for the chlorate. Several different types were made, and they were principally used in quarrying.
- Since the 1970s, the commercial name for an explosive compound used as an explosive primer for shotgun cartridges. It contains 90% potassium chlorate, 7% paraffin, 3% petroleum jelly, and traces of carbon black.
- In the humorous science fiction story Star Smashers of the Galaxy Rangers, it is a fictional substance made by irradiating cheddar cheese; it enabled faster-than-light travel.
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