Talk:Cordite

message: How do you put one of those "really needs to be cleaned up" flags at the top of an article? This needs one. --Skidoo 20:44, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nearly Incoherent 

message: "Cordite is now obsolete." It's a bit stupid to say this without mentioning (and providing a link) to what replaced it. Anyone know? ANTIcarrot 11:19, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well yes I do. The statement is factual, Cordite has not been made in the UK, to my knowledge, in the 21st century. However, as youre question is rudely worded I will not be providing you with an answer. Pyrotec 13:10, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It's also a bit stupid to get pissy and whiny about a question not directed at you. Cordite was replaced with traditional smokeless powder, either stick or ball type depending on the application.<un-signed comment by Special:Contributions/69.92.250.98>
Lot of nonsense.  Cordite (ie double base propellant) in UK service lasted until WW2 ammo stocks were expended.  Triple based propellant started being used in WW2 and after that war were used in all new ammo desings (presumably not smallarms).  Triple based propellants remain in UK service, although the current manufacturing contracts are with a German company.  Future large calibre propellants in UK service are likely to be the newer types of propelant that have appeard in the last decade or so, they use an RDX type explosive instead of nitroglycerine (this is probably connected with the regulations for insensitive munitions).Nfe (talk) 06:54, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Not in use any more

message: I was looking at the fiction references, and I have a hard time seeing that most of them have any actual relevance to Cordite. I think they'd be more appropriate on the corresponding articles than here. Arthurrh 01:04, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree.  Killed it.  —Thernlund (Talk | Contribs) 21:27, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fiction references 

message: I, for one, was hoping this article would include the health effects.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.152.123.165 (talk) 08:07, 24 October 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Same here, for the following reason: IIRC, in Forsyth's The Day of the Jackal, the main antagonist ingests cordite at some point to complete an assumed identity with the alleged symptoms, namely paleness and fever/cold sweat. This being a work of fiction, I always wondered if this is something the author invented, or real, possible symptoms of cordite ingestion. --Michael Schumacher (talk) 22:07, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  It's not generally seen as a symptom of exposure, as was a problem for chronic low-level exposure with TNT (see canary girls). But it was common knowledge amongst squaddies that deliberate consumption of a small quantity of cordite (such as a rifle round) would give short-term symptoms enough to avoid unwanted duties. Andy Dingley (talk) 23:33, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: The 'canary girls' was a phneomenon of WW! when picric acid was a major explosive. It is a bright yellow dye. TNT is not highly coloured. 86.27.254.8 (talk) 11:51, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Health affects 

message: Anyone know if cordite/Cordite is actually a proper noun? The section describing its development indicates that it's not a trade name, or named after a person, so I think it should be cordite. Unless there's a qualified objection, I'll sort it out soon. Cheers, Freestyle-69 (talk) 21:57, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Usage from the technical articles I have is for it to not be capitalised, unless it's the name of a type, such as Cordite Mark I, Cordite SC and so on.  The OED doesn't capitalise it. --Harlsbottom (talk | library | book reviews) 22:13, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Cheers. It seems that although it started off as some sort of formal name/trade name, it has progressed into a generic name. I've de-capitalised all except for the "type" names, such as Cordite SC etc. Freestyle-69 (talk) 22:11, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Capitalisation 

message: Why use the trade name "Vasoline" and not the generic "petroleum jelly"? Victor.Sac (talk) 20:47, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vasoline vs petrolium jelly 

message: I get the idea that it is some kind of smokeless powder that isn't used anymore. OK, but why is one kind of smokeless powder cordite and another kind of smokeless powder isn't. Is it because cordite is manufactured in strings? Does everything in the cordite family have the same chemical composition? The lede mentions double and triple based cordite. What does that mean? I realize that this is defined a bit further down but if an obscure term is worth mentioning in the lede it is worth mentioning what it is in the lede also.
Why was cordite manufactured in strings if it was? The article is a tad ambiguous on whether it was used in WWII. It says "term cordite generally disappeared from official publications between the wars." Does this mean that people just didn't talk about it anymore but that they still used it under a different name? The article goes on to say, "However, during World War II double based propellants were very widely used and there was some use of triple based propellants by artillery." Does this mean that all double based propellants and triple based propellants were kinds of cordite or that double and triple based cordite was used during WWII or that something like double and triple based cordite was used in WWII but it wasn't exactly cordite?
Overall, with respect, this article has some good information but it is loaded with ambiguity and esoteric terminology that isn't adequately explained.
--Davefoc (talk) 08:13, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Some good points, well made. The main problem is that information has been added to the Lede that does not appear in the body of the article with the result that the lede is bloated and non-compliant with WP:Lead. Most, but not all of your questions can be answered by stating that cordite was a "family" of proprietary specifications and the (UK) government both bought it from "trade suppliers", and made it for itself,  to those specifications. Ballistite, for example, was a proprietary set of specifications for similar but not identical materials that was owned by Nobel Industries. Both can be described as smokeless powders. You've possibly heard of Foster's Lager and Heineken brands, they are both beers/lagers, but would you seriously argue that all lagers are Foster's. I will copy edit the article, but its likely to be early in 2013. Pyrotec (talk) 16:49, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  What is cordite? 

message: I uploaded a video of burning cordite, but it has some obnoxious noises in the background. Would be great if someone could make it silent. Thanks!  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fhbarfield (talk • contribs) 18:31, 26 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Video 

message: I'm of the opinion the worldwide perspective tag may be removed from this article. In the realm of nitrocellulose propellants, the term cordite may be uniquely applied to the cord-like form in which it was manufactured. In British English, the term has been more widely applied to all nitrocellulose propellants. I question the implication that British English usage should cause this article to encompass the entire technology of nitrocellulose propellants, although present mention of parallel historical developments is entirely appropriate to an understanding of international perspectives. Thewellman (talk) 21:56, 9 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Worldwide perspective tag 

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message: Ironclad Cordite, a cyborg warlord (and possible companion and ally) in Wasteland 3 would be a reference to Cordite one could presume. Diostal (talk) 16:40, 18 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Uses In Popular Culture