Relating to or denoting fulminic acid or fulminates; of or pertaining to explosive compounds containing the -CNO group.
From fulmin- (from Latin fulmen) combined with -ic, used in chemistry to name acids and their related compounds. Fulminic acid was named for its explosive properties.
Fulminic acid (-HCNO) is one of chemistry's most dangerous molecules—it's so unstable that even saying its name makes chemists nervous, and mercury fulminate made from it has been used in detonators for centuries.
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