Mercury(II) fulminate, or Hg(CNO)2, is a primary explosive. It is highly sensitive to friction, heat and shock and is mainly used as a trigger for other...
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to the instability of the ion, fulminate salts are friction-sensitive explosives. The best known is mercury(II) fulminate, which has been used as a primary...
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Silver fulminate was first prepared in 1800 by Edward Charles Howard in his research project to prepare a large variety of fulminates. Along with mercury fulminate...
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and in the manufacture of mercury fulminate. An alternative qualitative Zeisel test can be done with the use of mercury(II) nitrate instead of silver...
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(historically called red precipitate), and mercury(II) iodide, and others are explosive, such as mercury(II) fulminate. No use for any of these compounds in...
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mercury and carbon. List of explosives Fulminic acid Fulminate Silver fulminate Mercury(II) fulminate Potassium cyanate Z. Iqbal and A. D. Yoffe (1967)....
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products continue to exceed that limit, and are considered toxic. Mercury(II) fulminate is a primary explosive, which has mainly been used as a primer of...
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Explosive (section Fulminates)
Lead azide Lead styphnate Lead picrate Manganese heptoxide Mercury(II) fulminate Mercury nitride Methyl ethyl ketone peroxide Nickel hydrazine nitrate...
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(accessed April 1, 2009). Aylett, B.J. "Mercury (II) Pseudohalides: Cyanide, Thiocyanate, Selenocyanate, Azide, Fulminate." Comprehensive Inorganic Chemistry...
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Maria T. (December 1, 2011). "Seismic effects of the Caloris basin impact, Mercury". Planetary and Space Science. 59 (15): 1981–1991. Bibcode:2011P&SS...59...
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MG 151 cannon (category World War II machine guns)
Germany from 1934 to 1940 and produced by Waffenfabrik Mauser during World War II. It was originally produced in 15.1 mm caliber from 1940, with a 15×96mm cartridge...
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mercury and sulfur in the precipitate are stoichometric for the formula Hg 2S; and that nitrogen triiodide, silver fulminate, and mercury fulminate were...
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7774–29–0 Hg(NO3)2 mercury(II) nitrate 10045–94–0 HgO mercury(II) oxide 21908–53–2 Hg(ONC)2 mercury(II) fulminate 628–86–4 HgS mercury(II) sulfide 1344–48–5...
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7783-34-8 Hg(CNO)2 mercury(II) fulminate 628-86-4 HgNa sodium amalgam HgO mercury(II) oxide 21908-53-2 Hg(OH)2 mercury(II) hydroxide HgS mercury(II) sulfide cinnabar...
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Priming mixtures containing mercury fulminate leave metallic mercury in the bore and empty cartridge case after firing. The mercury was largely absorbed in...
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nitrogen trichloride NCl3) IV. −C=N−O− The fulminate group (e.g. fulminic acid HONC and mercury fulminate Hg(ONC)2) V. −OClO2, −OClO3 The chlorate and...
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when dry. Fulminating gold – a number of gold based explosives which "fulminate", or detonate easily. – gold hydrazide, formed by adding ammonia to the...
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fulminate of mercury, which was improvement over the corrosive chlorate of potash fulminate patented by Alexander John Forsyth. Fulminate of mercury was...
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Comments Mercury fulminate Potassium chlorate Antimony trisulfide Primer cap composition Army Bakufun Mk I and Mk III powders are ammunition primers, Mk II is...
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investigated fulminate of mercury and "explosive gold". In 1690, Johann von Löwenstern-Kunckel's book Laboratorium Chymicum described how to make fulminate of mercury...
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Silver nitride was formerly referred to as fulminating silver, but this can cause confusion with silver fulminate or silver azide, other compounds which have...
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traditional explosives (lead azide – 0.1N; lead styphnate – 1.5 N; mercury fulminate (white) – 5.0 N; tetrazene – 8.0 N; PETN – 60 N; RDX – 120 N; HMX...
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for the mercury mines which produced mercury needed for gold extraction from quartz during the California Gold Rush as well as mercury fulminate blasting...
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chemical compound called mercury fulminate or fulminate of mercury, the chemical formula of which is Hg(ONC)2. It is made from mercury, nitric acid, and alcohol...
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silver azide, silver amide, and silver fulminate, as well as silver acetylide, silver oxalate, and silver(II) oxide. They can explode on heating, force...
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blasting caps necessary for positive detonation of TNT. A mixture of mercury fulminate and potassium chlorate is included in the cap to ensure detonation...
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Lead styphnate (category Lead(II) compounds)
with other metals and is less sensitive to shock and friction than mercury fulminate or lead azide. It is stable in storage, even at elevated temperatures...
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List of ammonium nitrate disasters List of explosives used during World War II Padmanabhan 2019, p. 59. Romane 2020, p. 220. "Roger Bacon | Philosophy, Biography...
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thiocyanate – Hg(SCN)2 Mercury(IV) fluoride – HgF4 Mercury fulminate – Hg(ONC)2 Molybdenum(II) bromide – MoBr2 Molybdenum(II) chloride – Mo6Cl12 Molybdenum(III)...
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