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Styphnate

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Styph´nate
n.1.(Chem.) A salt of styphnic acid.


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Seventy-seven machine guns dwindled to four, and the unstable lead azide was transformed into lead styphnate, then lead picrate, a less dangerous compound.
The particles of lead strewn about by conventional primers, which have lead styphnate in them, are considered a health hazard, and OSHA will soon require lead-free primers.
Bullets fly from guns with a bang following the ignition of "primer" material containing lead styphnate.
 
 
 
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