Definition of Fulminic

1. a. Pertaining to fulmination; detonating; specifically (Chem.), pertaining to, derived from, or denoting, an acid, so called; as, fulminic acid.

Definition of Fulminic

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to fulminic acid or its derivatives ¹

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Definition of Fulminic

1. highly explosive [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fulminic

fulminated
fulminates
fulminating
fulminating dysentery
fulminating mercury
fulminating smallpox
fulmination
fulminations
fulminator
fulminators
fulminatory
fulmine
fulmined
fulmineous
fulmines
fulminic (current term)
fulminic acid
fulmining
fulminuric
fulminuric acid
fulness
fulnesses
fulsamic
fulsome
fulsomely
fulsomeness
fulsomenesses
fulsomer
fulsomest
fulth

Literary usage of Fulminic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1858)
"That half tho carbon and half the nitrogen in fulminic acid arc so arranged ... That the remaining half of the nitrogen exists in fulminic acid in the same ..."

2. Elements of chemistry, including the applications of the science in the arts by Thomas Graham (1842)
"fulminic acid exists in certain fulminating compounds of silver and mercury, ... fulminic acid is formed by the action of an excess of nitric acid and ..."

3. Elements of Chemistry: Including the Applications of the Science in the Arts by Thomas Graham (1842)
"fulminic acid exists in certain fulminating compounds of silver and mercury, ... fulminic acid is formed by the action of an excess of nitric acid and ..."

4. Elements of Chemistry: Including the Recent Discoveries and Doctrines of the by Edward Turner (1835)
"fulminic Acid.—A powerfully detonating compound of mercury was described in the Philosophical Transactions for 1800 by Mr. E. Howard. ..."

5. Principles of Organic and Physiological Chemistry by Carl Löwig (1853)
"According to one view are given, different fulminic acids corresponding to the formulae Zinc-fulminic acid, . ..."

6. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"He based this formula chiefly on two reactions which fulminic acid undergoes. ... The production of ammonium thiocyanate suggests that in fulminic acid ..."

7. Organic Chemistry for Advanced Students by Julius Berend Cohen (1913)
"The Structure of fulminic Acid. The presence of bivalent carbon in fulminic acid has been demonstrated by Nef.1 Mercury fulminate, which was discovered by ..."

8. A Text-book of Organic Chemistry by Arnold Frederik. Holleman (1920)
"Free fulminic acid is a very unstable, volatile substance: it has an odour ... According to NEF, the formula of fulminic acid is C=X.OH, containing a ..."

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