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mercury fulminate

noun Chemistry.

a gray, crystalline solid, Hg(CNO)2, used chiefly in the manufacture of commercial and military detonators.

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Nearby words

  1. mercurous chloride,
  2. mercury,
  3. mercury arc,
  4. mercury barometer,
  5. mercury chloride,
  6. mercury mass,
  7. mercury poisoning,
  8. mercury program,
  9. mercury switch,
  10. mercury-vapor lamp

Origin of mercury fulminate

First recorded in 1900–05
Also called fulminate of mercury.
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