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fulmiaic |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fulmiaic \Ful*mia"ic\, a. [Cf. F. fulminique.] Pertaining to fulmination; detonating; specifically (Chem.), pertaining to derived from or denoting, an acid, so called as fulminic acid. {Fulminic acid} (Chem.), a complex acid, {H2C2N2O2}, isomeric with cyanic and cyanuric acids, and not known in the free state, but forming a large class of highly explosive salts, the fulminates. Of these mercuric fulminate, the most common, is used mixed with niter, to fill percussion caps, charge cartridges, etc -- Fulminic acid is made by the action of nitric acid on alcohol.
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