mercury fulminate
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of mercury fulminate
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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They're lined with mercury fulminate, and you want to take your shoes off when you come near that.
From For Jacinta by Harold Bindloss
At first the mixture blackens from the separation of mercury, but this soon vanishes, and is succeeded by crystalline flocks of mercury fulminate which fall to the bottom of the vessel.
From Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise by P. Gerald (Percy Gerald) Sanford
Pure mercury fulminate may be kept an indefinite length of time.
From Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise by P. Gerald (Percy Gerald) Sanford
The observation that acetylene can be resolved into its constituents by detonation is due to Berthelot, who started an explosive wave in it by firing a charge of 0.1 gram of mercury fulminate.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
It is a more powerful explosive than mercury fulminate, and has been used instead, in the manufacture of detonators.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis by Various
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