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MERCURY FULMINATE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does mercury fulminate mean?

• MERCURY FULMINATE (noun)
The noun MERCURY FULMINATE has 1 sense:

1. a fulminate that when dry explodes violently if struck or heated; used in detonators and blasting caps and percussion caps

Familiarity information: MERCURY FULMINATE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• MERCURY FULMINATE (noun)

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Meaning:

A fulminate that when dry explodes violently if struck or heated; used in detonators and blasting caps and percussion caps

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

fulminate of mercury; fulminating mercury; mercury fulminate

Hypernyms ("mercury fulminate" is a kind of...):

fulminate (a salt or ester of fulminic acid)

Holonyms ("mercury fulminate" is a part of...):

blasting cap (a small tube filled with detonating substances; used to detonate high explosives)

percussion cap (a detonator that explodes when struck)

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