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US 3,954,822 AGranted
Lead salts of di- or tri-nitroresorcinol
AssigneeMinistry of Defence
InventorsKenneth John Holloway, George William Charles Taylor, Arwyn Theophilus Thomas
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Abstract
A new class of primary explosives which are polybasic lead salts of nitro-substituted resorcinols, optionally containing a minor proportion of finely-divided boron dispersed throughout individual crystals; and processes for their manufacture.
Claims4
A polybasic lead salt of a di- or a tri-nitro-substituted resorcinol containing 3, 4, 5 or 6 atoms of lead per aromatic nucleus.
A compound consisting essentially of a lead salt of di- or tri-nitro-resorcinol of the formula ##SPC2##
- wherein
- w is 2 or 3, x is 1 or 2 and
- y is 0, 1 or 2.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.