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Lead(II) azide
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<p>Lead(II) azide <a href="/facts/Lead/EYljasJN">Pb</a>(<a href="/facts/Nitrogen/Nf1QpGDz">N</a>3)2 is an <a href="/facts/Inorganic_compound/TfFfzxSz">inorganic compound</a>. More so than other <a href="/facts/Azide/AaJwyv1z">azides</a>, it is explosive. It is used in <a href="/facts/Detonator/SoXrXl08">detonators</a> to initiate <a href="/facts/Secondary_explosive/sUme5Pp8">secondary explosives</a>. In a commercially usable form, it is a white to <a href="/facts/Buff_(colour)/Sw3myk66">buff</a> powder. </p>