LYDDITE

a modern military high explosive, manufactured at Lydd in Kent, Eng. Chemically it is picric acid (C.-H2(NO»);O0H), and is prepared from carbolic acid by the action of nitric acid. It isa bright yellow solid crystalline, and bitter to the taste. Like cordite, it is difficult to detonate. It is poured into shells when molten, and oo bursting gives pungent, suffocating ‘umes.