fulminate in the PONS Dictionary

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Rather than storing a reserve of fulminate in a container they were now single-use pellets.
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Due to the instability of the ion, fulminate salts are friction-sensitive explosives.
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Early primers used the same mercury fulminate used in 19th century percussion caps.
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Silver fulminate is a primary explosive that has very little practical value due to its extreme sensitivity to impact, heat, pressure and electricity.
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They contain approximately 200 milligrams of fine gravel impregnated with a minute quantity (approximately 80 micrograms) of silver fulminate.
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Percussion cap systems relied on small copper caps that were filled with mercury fulminate.
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In this factory, they handled picric acid, nitroglycerine and fulminate of mercury.
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Primary explosives such as mercury fulminate were often used as a detonator, in combination with an explosive booster charge such as tetryl.
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Explosives commonly used in blasting caps include mercury fulminate, lead azide, lead styphnate and tetryl.
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The inside was filled with shrapnel and dynamite, while the fuse was made of a tube filled with mercury fulminate.
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