fulminating gold

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fulminating gold - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Fulminate \Ful"mi*nate\, n. [Cf. P. fulminate. See Fulminate,
     v. i.] (Chem.)
        (a) A salt of fulminic acid. See under Fulminic.
        (b) A fulminating powder.
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     Fulminate of gold, an explosive compound of gold; -- called
        also fulminating gold, and aurum fulminans.
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