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{{Short description|Class of explosive materials}} {{For|the fictional substance|Star Smashers of the Galaxy Rangers}} {{refimprove|date=December 2009}} '''Cheddite''' is a class of [[explosive material]]s invented in 1897 by E. A. G. Street of the firm of Berges, Corbin et Cie and originally manufactured in the town of Chedde in [[Haute-Savoie]], [[France]], in the early twentieth century.<ref>{{cite book|last=Marshall|first=Arthur|title=Explosives:Their Manufacture, Properties, Tests and History|publisher=P. Blakiston's Son & Co.|place=Philadelphia|year=1915|page=297|via=Google Books|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zOJZAAAAYAAJ&q=E+A+G+Street+Cheddite&pg=PA297}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Faber|first=Henry B.|title=Military Pyrotechnics:A Study of the Chemicals Used in the Manufacture of Military Pyrotechnics|publisher=Ordnance Department, U.S. Army|year=1919|volume=3|page=127|via=Google Books|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GW9KAAAAYAAJ&q=cheddite&pg=PA127}}</ref> Closely related to [[Sprengel explosive]]s, cheddites consisted of a high proportion of [[inorganic]] [[chlorate]]s mixed with nitroaromatics (e.g. [[nitrobenzene]] or [[dinitrotoluene]]) plus a little paraffin or [[castor oil]] as a moderant for the chlorate. Several different types were made, and they were principally used in [[quarry]]ing. Due to availability of ingredients and easy production process it was also the most common explosive material manufactured by the [[Polish Underground State]] in occupied [[Poland]] during [[World War II]]; it was used for production of the [[R wz. 42]] and [[Filipinka]] hand grenades. Since the 1970s, Cheddite is the commercial name for primers CX series (CX 50, CX 1000 and CX 2000) for [[shotgun]] cartridges.
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