Ignition powders

A satisfactory ignition system requires the ignition powder to ignite the propellant at all operational temperatures and achieve optimum ignition transfer to the propellant.

Nitrochemie offers a wide range of such ignition powders: 

The ignition propellant must ignite the propellant in such a manner that

• the ignited propellant meets all interior ballistic requirements such as peak pressure, muzzle velocity, ignition time,
• a pressure-time curve of combustion in the cartridge case or chamber will not show any irregularities or high standard deviation in maximum pressure,
• round-to-round velocity deviation is kept to a minimum thanks to excellent lot-to-lot reproducibility at our production plant.

Product	Category	Description	Product Code	Possible Applications
Zenit 370	Ignition powder	Porous nitrocellulose low burning & velocity	2450	General purpose
Zündladung MIDI mod	Ignition powder	Porous nitrocellulose medium burning & velocity	460	General purpose
Zündladung MAXI mod	Ignition powder	Porous nitrocellulose fast burning, high velocity	461	General purpose
Benite Strands	Booster for large calibre flash tubes	Mixture of black powder and nitrocellulose in stick shape	55-68	Tank, artillery, various calibres
NC200	Ignition pads for atillery charges	Porous nitrocellulose	422	155 mm artillery
Zündladung Bison	Ignition pads for artillery charges	Porous nitrocellulose	54	155 mm artillery
Beiladung NKP mod. (S5361)	Ignition powder	Mixture of black powder nad nitrocellulose – propellant grains, sulfur free	443	Various
S5261	Ignition powder	Mixture of black powder and nitrocellulose – propellant grains	8414	Various