Sentences with phrase «lead azide»

If the new underwear bomb had been used, the bomber would have ignited the lead azide, which would have triggered a more powerful explosive, possibly military - grade explosive pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN).

Lead azide and PETN were key components in a 2010 plan to detonate two bombs sent from Yemen and bound for Chicago — one in a cargo aircraft and the other in the cargo hold of a passenger aircraft.

Unlike Abdulmutallab's bomb, the new device contained lead azide, an explosive often used as a detonator.

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Chronic treatment with azide in situ leads to an irreversible loss of cytochrome c oxidase activity via holoenzyme dissociation.