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Fulminating silver is a historic name which may apply to a number of silver basedexplosives which "fulminate" or detonate easily and violently. It has no exactchemical ordictionary definition, but may refer to:
- silver fulminate (which, confusingly, is the only "fulminating silver" to be a silver compound with thefulminateanion)
- silver azide, AgN3
- amixture, a decomposition product ofTollens' reagent
- silver nitride, Ag3N - one of the earliest silver based explosives
- thealchemical substance "Argentum Fulminans"
The stability of many of these compounds can vary depending on how they are stored or handled, with levels of hydration often being a major factor.[1]
References
edit- ^Ennis, John L.; Shanley, Edward S. (January 1991). "On hazardous silver compounds".Journal of Chemical Education.68 (1): A6.Bibcode:1991JChEd..68....6E.doi:10.1021/ed068pA6.
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