PCT No. PCT/GB88/00997 Sec. 371 Date May 29, 1990 Sec. 102(e) Date May 29, 1990 PCT Filed Nov. 11, 1988 PCT Pub. No. WO89/04290 PCT Pub. Date May 18, 1989.A composition comprising phosphorus and a minor amount of at least one radical inhibitor selected from 4-(p-n-trophenyl-azo)-1-naphthol and mono and fused bi- and tri-cyclic compounds bearing at least a first and a second substituent, the first substituent being selected from hydroxy, mercapto, oxo, thioxo, the second substituent being selected from hydrogen, hydroxy and mercapto when the first substituent is hydroxy or mercapto and from oxo and thioxo, when the second substituent is oxo or thioxo, the second substituent being located on the same ring and ortho or para to the first substituent, other than anthraquinone or a substituted anthraquinone has reduced levels of phosphine emission. Munitions containing the composition as the charge are less susceptible to corrosion.
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