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C06C

DETONATING OR PRIMING DEVICES; FUSES (ammunition fuzes F42C); CHEMICAL LIGHTERS; PYROPHORIC COMPOSITIONS

Introduced: September 1968

Description

C06C covers detonating and priming devices used to initiate explosive charges, including percussion caps, electric detonators, and non-electric initiators. This subclass also encompasses fuses (both safety and detonating types), chemical lighters that ignite through exothermic reactions, and pyrophoric compositions that spontaneously ignite upon contact with air or moisture. The classification includes the design, manufacture, and composition of these initiation and ignition devices, but excludes the explosives themselves (covered under C06B) and general matches or lighters outside the chemical/pyrophoric scope.

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: DETONATING OR PRIMING DEVICES; FUSES; CHEMICAL LIGHTERS; PYROPHORIC COMPOSITIONS

CPC: DETONATING OR PRIMING DEVICES; FUSES (ammunition fuzes F42C); CHEMICAL LIGHTERS; PYROPHORIC COMPOSITIONS

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

DETONATING OR PRIMING DEVICES; FUSES; CHEMICAL LIGHTERS; PYROPHORIC COMPOSITIONS

CPC:

DETONATING OR PRIMING DEVICES; FUSES (ammunition fuzes F42C); CHEMICAL LIGHTERS; PYROPHORIC COMPOSITIONS

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 4 subcodes exist in both systems.

1 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

Child Classifications

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  • C06C 15/00 Pyrophoric compositions; Flints (chemical lighters C06C9/00; alloys in general C22C) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • C06C 9/00 Chemical contact igniters; Chemical lighters IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC