Primary explosives containing nitrated polybasic lead salt and boron
AssigneeThe Secretary of State for Defence in Her Brittanic Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
InventorsKenneth John Holloway, George William Charles Taylor, Arwyn Theophilus Thomas
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Abstract
A primary explosive composition consisting of 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 in which a minor proportion of finely-divided boron is entrained within, and dispensed throughout, individual crystals of the polybasic lead salt.
Claims4
A primary explosive composition which comprises 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 in which a minir proportion of finely-divided boron is entrained within, and dispersed throughout, individual crystals of the polybasic lead salt.
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