Noun:

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mercury fulminate's Usage Examples:

mostly because of its high initiating power (higher than that of mercury fulminate) and its inexpensive production.

Scottish clergyman Reverend Alexander Forsyth discovered the property of mercury fulminate (Hg(ONC)2) to combust when struck.

with other metals and is less sensitive to shock and friction than mercury fulminate or lead azide.

powerful than mercury fulminate and almost as powerful as lead azide.

Between 1807 and 1810, Lepage invented a new way to fire portative firearms, by using the mercury fulminate priming medium to be fired by.

amalgam with mercury fulminate, it is much less sensitive due to the ionic bond between potassium and carbon, unlike the weaker covalent bond between.

contained a small quantity of pressure-sensitive explosive, often mercury fulminate.

Primary explosives such as mercury fulminate were often used as a detonator, in combination with an explosive booster.

A mixture of mercury fulminate and potassium chlorate is included in the cap to ensure detonation.

using a blasting cap made of a copper percussion cap and mercury fulminate.

He discovered mercury fulminate, a powerful primary explosive.

Old detonators used mercury fulminate as the primary, often mixed with potassium chlorate to yield better.

Usually prepared by reacting a potassium amalgam with mercury fulminate, it is much less sensitive due to the ionic bond between potassium.

Synonyms:

fulminate of mercury, percussion cap, fulminating mercury, fulminate, blasting cap,

Antonyms:

disappear,