Potassium_fulminate

Potassium fulminate

Potassium fulminate

Chemical compound


Potassium fulminate is the potassium salt of the fulminate ion. Its only use, aside from chemical demonstrations, is in the percussion caps for some early rifles. Usually prepared by reacting a potassium amalgam with mercury fulminate,[1] it is much less sensitive due to the ionic bond between potassium and carbon, unlike the weaker covalent bond between mercury and carbon.

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  1. Z. Iqbal and A. D. Yoffe (1967). "Electronic Structure and Stability of the Inorganic Fulminates". Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. 302 (1468): 35–49. Bibcode:1967RSPSA.302...35I. doi:10.1098/rspa.1967.0225. S2CID 93161907.

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