fulminate
51fulminate — ful•mi•nate [[t]ˈfʌl məˌneɪt[/t]] v. nat•ed, nat•ing, n. 1) to explode with a loud noise; detonate 2) to issue denunciations or the like (usu. fol. by against) 3) to cause to explode 4) to issue or pronounce with vehement denunciation,… …
52fulminate — v.i. explode; thunder; denounce in loud or violent manner. ♦ fulminant, a. Medicine, developing suddenly. ♦ fulmineous, fulminous a. pertaining to or like thunder and lightning. ♦ fulmination, ♦ fulminator, n. ♦ fulminatory, a …
53fulminate — v. & n. v.intr. 1 (often foll. by against) express censure loudly and forcefully. 2 explode violently; flash like lightning (fulminating mercury). 3 Med. (of a disease or symptom) develop suddenly. n. Chem. a salt or ester of fulminic acid.… …
54mercury fulminate — fulminate of mercury ful mi*nate of mer cu*ry, n. (Chem.) The mercury salt of fulminic acid ({Hg(CNO)2}), called also {mercury fulminate}. It is prepared as gray crystals, and is used primarily in detonators for detonating high explosives, such… …
55fulminate against — Synonyms and related words: abuse, accurse, accuse, anathematize, anathemize, animadvert on, arraign, bark at, berate, betongue, blacken, blame, blaspheme, blast, call to account, cast blame upon, cast reflection upon, censure, complain against,… …
56fulminate of mercury — chemical compound derived from the heating of mercury and used in explosive devices, an explosive salt, mercury salt …
57Silver fulminate — Chembox new ImageFile = Silver fulminate.png ImageSize = IUPACName = OtherNames = Section1 = Chembox Identifiers CASNo = 5610 59 3 PubChem = 62585 SMILES = Section2 = Chembox Properties Formula = AgCNO MolarMass = 149.885 g mol−1 Appearance =… …
58Mercury(II) fulminate — Mercury(II) fulminate …
59mercury fulminate — noun a fulminate that when dry explodes violently if struck or heated; used in detonators and blasting caps and percussion caps • Syn: ↑fulminate of mercury, ↑fulminating mercury • Hypernyms: ↑fulminate • Part Holonyms: ↑blasting cap, ↑ …
60Potassium fulminate — Potassium Fulminate, or KONC, is an inorganic salt of the fulminate ion. It only use other than chemical demonstrations is percussion caps for some early rifles. Usually prepared by reacting a potassium amalgam with mercury fulminate, [cite… …
