page_title: Shellite (explosive)
hierarchical_section_title: Shellite (explosive)
caption_attribution_description: Three of HMAS Australia's 12 inch gun shells on display at the Royal Australian Navy's museum at Garden Island in Sydney. Left to Right&#160;: Mk XA Capped Armour-Piercing shell filled with Trotyl (TNT) Shrapnel Mk 6A Capped Common-Pointed shell filled with Shellite 70/30 This is a clip of larger image&#160;: Image:HMAS Australia shells.JPG.
context_page_description: Shellite is an explosive mixture of picric acid and dinitrophenol or picric acid and hexanitrodiphenylamine in a ratio of 70/30. It was typically used as a filling in Royal Navy armour-piercing shells during the early part of the 20th century.
context_section_description: Shellite (known as Tridite in US service) is an explosive mixture of picric acid and dinitrophenol or picric acid and hexanitrodiphenylamine in a ratio of 70/30. It was typically used as a filling in Royal Navy armour-piercing shells during the early part of the 20th century.
caption: British, 12 inch shells displayed at the Royal Australian Navy Heritage Centre (2008). On the right is a Mk 6A Capped Common pointed shell, (formerly) filled with Shellite 70/30
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