mercury fulminate
noun Chemistry.
a gray, crystalline solid, Hg(CNO)2, used chiefly in the manufacture of commercial and military detonators.
Words nearby mercury fulminate
mercurous chloride, mercury, mercury arc, mercury barometer, mercury chloride, mercury fulminate, mercury mass, mercury poisoning, mercury program, mercury switch, mercury-vapor lamp
Origin of mercury fulminate
First recorded in 1900–05
Also called fulminate of mercury.
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