Fulminating silver

Fulminating silver

Fulminating silver is the name given to a number of explosive silver-containing substances that that "fulminate" or detonate easily and violently.

"Fulminating silver" has no exact chemical or dictionary definition.

It may refer to:
* silver fulminate (which, confusingly, is the only "fulminating silver" to be a silver compound with the fulminate anion)
* silver azide, AgN3
* a mixture, a decomposition product of Tollens' reagent
* silver nitride, Ag3N [ cite journal | title = The chemistry and free energy of formation of silver nitride | author = Edward S. Shanley and John L. Ennis | journal = Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. | year = 1991 | volume = 30 | issue = 11 | pages = 2503-2506 | doi = 10.1021/ie00059a023 ]
* the alchemical substance "Argentum Fulminans"

ee also

*Claude Louis Berthollet

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  • Fulminating silver — Silver Sil ver (s[i^]l v[ e]r), n. [OE. silver, selver, seolver, AS. seolfor, siolfur, siolufr, silofr, sylofr; akin to OS. silubar, OFries. selover, D. zilver, LG. sulver, OHG. silabar, silbar, G. silber, Icel. silfr, Sw. silfver, Dan. s[ o]lv,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • fulminating silver — noun 1. : a black crystalline explosive substance obtained by the action of ammonia on silver oxide 2. : silver fulminate * * * fulminating silver noun A black solid made from silver oxide and ammonium hydroxide • • • Main Entry: ↑fulminate …   Useful english dictionary

  • Silver — Sil ver (s[i^]l v[ e]r), n. [OE. silver, selver, seolver, AS. seolfor, siolfur, siolufr, silofr, sylofr; akin to OS. silubar, OFries. selover, D. zilver, LG. sulver, OHG. silabar, silbar, G. silber, Icel. silfr, Sw. silfver, Dan. s[ o]lv, Goth.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Silver beater — Silver Sil ver (s[i^]l v[ e]r), n. [OE. silver, selver, seolver, AS. seolfor, siolfur, siolufr, silofr, sylofr; akin to OS. silubar, OFries. selover, D. zilver, LG. sulver, OHG. silabar, silbar, G. silber, Icel. silfr, Sw. silfver, Dan. s[ o]lv,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Silver glance — Silver Sil ver (s[i^]l v[ e]r), n. [OE. silver, selver, seolver, AS. seolfor, siolfur, siolufr, silofr, sylofr; akin to OS. silubar, OFries. selover, D. zilver, LG. sulver, OHG. silabar, silbar, G. silber, Icel. silfr, Sw. silfver, Dan. s[ o]lv,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Silver fulminate — Chembox new ImageFile = Silver fulminate.png ImageSize = IUPACName = OtherNames = Section1 = Chembox Identifiers CASNo = 5610 59 3 PubChem = 62585 SMILES = Section2 = Chembox Properties Formula = AgCNO MolarMass = 149.885 g mol−1 Appearance =… …   Wikipedia

  • Black silver — Silver Sil ver (s[i^]l v[ e]r), n. [OE. silver, selver, seolver, AS. seolfor, siolfur, siolufr, silofr, sylofr; akin to OS. silubar, OFries. selover, D. zilver, LG. sulver, OHG. silabar, silbar, G. silber, Icel. silfr, Sw. silfver, Dan. s[ o]lv,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • brittle silver glance — Silver Sil ver (s[i^]l v[ e]r), n. [OE. silver, selver, seolver, AS. seolfor, siolfur, siolufr, silofr, sylofr; akin to OS. silubar, OFries. selover, D. zilver, LG. sulver, OHG. silabar, silbar, G. silber, Icel. silfr, Sw. silfver, Dan. s[ o]lv,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • brittle silver ore — Silver Sil ver (s[i^]l v[ e]r), n. [OE. silver, selver, seolver, AS. seolfor, siolfur, siolufr, silofr, sylofr; akin to OS. silubar, OFries. selover, D. zilver, LG. sulver, OHG. silabar, silbar, G. silber, Icel. silfr, Sw. silfver, Dan. s[ o]lv,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • fulminate of silver — Silver Sil ver (s[i^]l v[ e]r), n. [OE. silver, selver, seolver, AS. seolfor, siolfur, siolufr, silofr, sylofr; akin to OS. silubar, OFries. selover, D. zilver, LG. sulver, OHG. silabar, silbar, G. silber, Icel. silfr, Sw. silfver, Dan. s[ o]lv,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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