Definition of "styphnate" []

• Any salt of styphnic acid (noun)

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• "Is there a shortage of lead styphnate or cup metal?"
• "Lead styphnate (a mustard coloured powder) can be extracted from primers by soaking the primers in acetone, this disolves the glue."
• "The lead styphnate is also combined with various oxidisers & fuels to hotten and lengthen the flame."