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fulminate of mercury

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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.
Also called fulminate of mercury.

Origin:
1900–05
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fulminate of mercury  
n.  A gray crystalline powder, HgC2N2O2, that when dry explodes under percussion or heat and is used in detonators and as a high explosive.
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