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fulminuric acid

noun
ful·​min·​uric acid | \ ¦fu̇l|mə¦n(y)u̇rik-, ¦fÉ™l|\

Definition of fulminuric acid

: 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

History and Etymology for fulminuric acid

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

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