mercury fulminate

He was also involved in the invention of mercury fulminate.

It is less sensitive to impact but more powerful than mercury fulminate and lead azide.

Today, mercury fulminate has been replaced in primers by more efficient chemical substances.

He discovered mercury fulminate, a powerful primary explosive.

"This stuff is as potent as mercury fulminate and should be treated the same way-gingerly."

Percussion cap systems relied on small copper caps that were filled with mercury fulminate.

Early primers used the same mercury fulminate used in 19th century percussion caps.

Tetrazene is slightly more impact-sensitive than mercury fulminate.

Mercury fulminate has the distinct advantage over potassium chlorate of being non-corrosive, but it is known to weaken with time.

Radio wave that activates an electric cell that burns the wire in a mercury fulminate detonator.

Explosives commonly used in blasting caps include mercury fulminate, lead azide, lead styphnate and tetryl.

A mixture of mercury fulminate and potassium chlorate is included in the cap to ensure detonation of tetryl.

Lead styphnate does not react with metals and is less sensitive to shock and friction than mercury fulminate or lead azide.

The inside was filled with shrapnel and dynamite, while the fuse was made of a tube filled with mercury fulminate.

In practice, most of the explosives on the market today are sensitive to an n. 8 detonator, where the charge corresponds to 2 grams of mercury fulminate.

Primary explosives such as mercury fulminate were often used as a detonator, in combination with an explosive booster charge such as tetryl.

A six-centimetre length of one-centimetre copper tube was to contain five grams of mercury fulminate held between plugs of cotton wool.

An Orsini bomb is a spherical bomb which instead of a fuse or timing device, is surrounded by many small "horns" filled with mercury fulminate.

In 1875, Perry "Pell" Gardiner and Smith independently developed and marketed caps which combined the hot wire detonator with mercury fulminate explosive.

Later, during the late 19th century and most of the 20th century, mercury fulminate or potassium chlorate became widely used in primers for self-contained rifle and pistol ammunition.

The sensitivity of DDNP to friction is much less than that of mercury fulminate, but it is approximately that of lead azide.

The Maynard tape primer is a system designed to allow for more rapid reloading of muskets which previously relied on small copped caps that were filled with mercury fulminate.

In addition to the nitric acid and glycerin Yousef mixed into nitro, he imported sodium azide, the primary explosive used to detonate airbags, along with mercury fulminate, another explosive.

But get them out in the field in a combat exercise, or anything that gets them keyed up and full of adrenaline, and they're as explosive as a hatful of mercury fulminate.

The science is rarely true to life in a way that can be replicated; mercury fulminate is actually a powder, and would be tricky to transform into a crystal that looks like crystal meth.