fulˈminic, a. Chem.
(fʌlˈmɪnɪk)
[f. L. fulmin- (with sense derived from fulminate v.) + -ic.]
In fulminic acid: C2H2N2O2, nitro-acetonitril, an acid (not yet isolated) forming explosive salts with some metals.
| 1825 Hamilton Dict. Terms, Fulminic Acid, in Chemistry, an acid capable of combining in different proportions, with different bases, and thus forming as many detonating salts. 1850 Daubeny Atom. The. vii. (ed. 2) 215 Cy 2 + oxygen 2 + Aq. 1 forms fulminic acid. 1864 H. Spencer Biol. I. 8 The various fulminating salts are all formed by the union with metals, of a certain nitrogenous acid called fulminic acid. |