fulminic
Americanadjective
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highly explosive; unstable.
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of or derived from fulminic acid.
Etymology
Origin of fulminic
1815–25; < Latin fulmin- (stem of fulmen ) lightning, thunder + -ic
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Ful′mine.—n. a compound of fulminic acid with mercury, &c.—adj.
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Among his research work of this period may be mentioned the improvements in organic analysis and the investigation of fulminic acid made with the help of Liebig, who gained the privilege of admission to his private laboratory in 1823-1824.
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The constitution of fulminic acid has been investigated by many experimenters, but apparently without definitive results.
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There is some doubt as to the molecular formula of fulminic acid.
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Armstrong, F.R.S., would prefer to write the formula of fulminic acid ON.C.OH.
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