fulminuric acid

noun

ful·​min·​uric acid

¦fu̇l|mə¦n(y)u̇rik-,

¦fəl|

: a white crystalline explosive acid NCCH(NO₂)CONH₂ structurally related to nitromethane and obtainable in the form of salts by boiling mercury fulminate with potassium chloride solution

Word History

Etymology

fulminuric International Scientific Vocabulary fulmin- (as in fulminic) + uric

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