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Mercury Fulminate

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

The mercury salt of fulminic acid HgCNO2 called also fulminate of mercury It is an explosive compound prepared as gray crystals and is used primarily in detonators for detonating high explosives such as dynamite or TNT It is sensitive to shock and may be detonated by a blow

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