PRIMER DETONATOR (VARIANTS) Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: initiating means, applicable in blasting operations. SUBSTANCE: primer detonator has a case accommodating the ignition assembly, initiator and a high-explosive charge. A complex compound of cadmium salt with an organic ligand of empirical formula $$$ at an initiator charge density within $$$ g/cu.cm and charge mass within $$$ mg. When a shock-wave tube is used in the primer detonator as an ignition assembly, a sealing partition that can be perforated at a pressure exceeding 20 atm is positioned in the case past the ignition assembly. EFFECT: enhanced safety. 2 cl, 4 dwg, 3 tbl