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fulminic

/fuhl-min-ik/US // fʌlˈmɪn ɪk //

富贵险中求,富丽堂皇,富勒姆式的,富丽堂皇的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : highly explosive; unstable.
    • : of or derived from fulminic acid.

Examples

  • All attempts to insulate fulminic acid have proved unsuccessful, as it explodes with the slightest decomposing force.

  • Two equivalents of Cyanic acid, uniting in one compound, produce Fulminic acid.

  • The constitution of fulminic acid has been investigated by many experimenters, but apparently without definitive results.

  • For the compound of mercury with fulminic acid, see Fulminate.

  • When a young and wholly unknown student he had gone to Paris to bring his discovery of fulminic acid to the notice of the Academy.