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tags: ["#Abbreviations","#Glossary","#Jargon"]
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# Primer Abbreviations and Glossary of Terms
These are my abbreviations. If any inconsistencies pop-up between Marshall's document and my abbreviations - I'll change my abbreviations to match his document.
**Small Primer Types**:
SPP : small pistol primer
SRP : small rifle primer
SPM : small pistol magnum
SRM: small rifle magnum
SRH: small rifle hard cup
SR41: specifically the cci/fed #41 primer
**Large Primer Types:**
LPP: large pistol primer
LRP: large rifle primer
LPM: large pistol magnum
LRM: large rifle magnum
**Abbreviation widely used:**
NC : nitrocellulose (merely smokeless gunpowder/ground up)
AL: aluminum (usually aluminum powder)
GG: ground glass
LN : lead nitrate
LH: lead hypophosphite
SH : sodium hypophosphite
SN : sodium nitrate
NG: nitroglycerin
IPA : isopropyl alcohol
BP : black powder
## **Jargon:**
**Bang Test**: Testing primers by finger chambering a test casing. The blank consists of a clean resized brass casing (no projectile and no powder) with a test primer installed. Testing in low light and focusing the camera on the flame exiting the muzzle will help with troubleshooting.
**Whack Test**: Place a small small sample (about the size of a kid-cap blister) in a piece of folded aluminum foil and give it a good hammer "whack".
**Diaper Method**: The process of gently folding sensitive materials using a piece of regular bond pc printer paper (aka copier paper).
**Hippo**: sodium hypophosphite
**Fines**: Grinding smokeless gunpowder and capturing "the dust"/smaller particles. The mesh of NC (nitrocellulose is essentially gunpowder) should be around 150 mesh (flour-like)
A **Primer "Build"**: The process of assembling a primer. Start with a clean - resized primer cup, add powder, seat the anvil, and activate the powder.
**Glossary:**
Hygroscopic: Absorbs moisture, right out of the air
DDNP: Diazo-DiNitro-Phenol. See Marshall's Manual
SINOXID: General name for all modern noncorrosive compounds Germany 1930's