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Old 12-26-2014, 09:40 PM
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Originally Posted by ArmySGT. View Post
Anyone know what "Schneiderite" is and what the RE might be?
According to wikipedia it is the French name for Amatol with a formula heavy on the ammonium nitrate (7 to 1) and with dinitronaphthalene (DNN) replacing TNT.

Looking at the chart above with .32 for pure AN and .68 for a 50/50 mix with TNT (stronger than DNN i believe), I don't think you would get much past .40 but that is really a guess.

https://books.google.com/books?id=u2...losive&f=false confirms the wiki ratios and ingredients.

It looks like the name went out of favor right after WWI as all published references I can find are before 1917.
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