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A colorless flammable solvent used in the manufacture of smokeless powder and double-base propellants. Also known as dimethyl ketone. A system of record keeping based on information of manufacture, ...

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Smokeless powder is the primary propellant in civilian and military ammunition, and in China, the use of propellants to make homemade ammunition and bombs is an emerging criminal practice. The ...

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Suggested Citation: "Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members." National Research Council. 1998. Black and Smokeless Powders: Technologies for Finding Bombs and the Bomb Makers.

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