Ministry of Defence

The Secretary of State for Defence in Her Britannic Majesty's Government

The Secretary of State for Defence in Her Brittanic Majesty's Government

Kenneth John Holloway

George William Taylor

Arwyn Theophilus Thomas

John Michael Jenkins

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.

Primary explosives containing nitrated polybasic lead salt and boron

Crystalline lead monoxide is precipitated around an aqueous suspension of boron particles to form an ignitable composition having uniform, reproducible properties and good resistance to shock, heat and friction.

Ignitable compositions comprising lead monoxide and boron

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.

Lead salts of di- or tri-nitroresorcinol

A process for the preparation of .alpha. normal lead styphnate by reacting at an elevated temperature an aqueous solution containing lead cations with a solution containing styphnate ions in the presence of a mineral acid present in the range about 1 to about 15 grammes of mineral acid to 1 liter of the solution containing the styphnate ions.

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