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
Example Sentences
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Armstrong, F.R.S., would prefer to write the formula of fulminic acid ON.C.OH.
From Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise by Sanford, P. Gerald (Percy Gerald)
Ful′mine.—n. a compound of fulminic acid with mercury, &c.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
There is some doubt as to the molecular formula of fulminic acid.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
The constitution of fulminic acid has been investigated by many experimenters, but apparently without definitive results.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
The principal compound of fulminic acid is the mercury salt commonly known as fulminating mercury.
From Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise by Sanford, P. Gerald (Percy Gerald)
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