Ballistite
Balistita
- Date
- 1887 · confidence high
- Place
- Sevran, France
- Credited to
- Alfred Nobel
- Field
- Conflict
What it is
A smokeless propellant made of equal parts nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine gelatinised with camphor, developed and patented by Alfred Nobel at his laboratory in Sevran, near Paris.
What it led to
- Adoption as smokeless powder in European artillery and small arms
- Patent disputes with France and the United Kingdom (cordite)
- Advancement of the modern smokeless-propellant industry
- Gradual replacement of black powder in military ammunition