fulminate of mercury

Other forms: fulminates of mercury

Definitions of fulminate of mercury
  1. noun
    a fulminate that when dry explodes violently if struck or heated; used in detonators and blasting caps and percussion caps
    synonyms: fulminating mercury, mercury fulminate
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    fulminate
    a salt or ester of fulminic acid
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