Nitrolite

Nitrolite is an older form of powdery high explosive with an ammonium nitrate base, mixed with a smaller amount of TNT and nitroglycerin etc.{{Cite web |date=1929 |title=nitrolit |url=https://www.saob.se/artikel/?seek=nitrolit#U_N445_139379 |access-date=2023-11-20 |website=saob.se}}{{Cite book |last=Thorsson |first=Nils |title=Historik och kartläggning av vapenmateriel för flygplan |year=1975 |location=Sweden |pages=74 |language=sv}}{{Cite journal |date=1944 |title=Svensk militär explosivämnesutveckling i modern tid – från Nobel till kvävekluster, Del I: intill ca 1980 |url=https://kkrva.se/wp-content/uploads/Artiklar/055/kkrvaht_5_2005_4.pdf |journal=Kungl. Krigsvetenskapsakademiens Handlingar och Tidskrift |publisher=Kungliga Krigsvetenskapsakademien (Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences) |id=booklet 5, 2005 |pages=41}}{{Cite book |title=AMORDLISTA, Preliminär ammunitionsordlista |publisher=Swedish Defence Materiel Administration |year=1979 |edition=1979 |location=Stockholm, Sweden |pages=49 |language=sv}} It is used for mining, construction as well as military purposes. During World War II it came to be a budget replacement for more expensive TNT.