fulminating mercury

English Thesaurus

1. a fulminate that when dry explodes violently if struck or heated; used in detonators and blasting caps and percussion caps (noun.substance)

hypernym	:	fulminate,
definition	:	a salt or ester of fulminic acid (noun.substance)

part meronym	:	blasting cap,
definition	:	a small tube filled with detonating substances; used to detonate high explosives (noun.artifact)

part meronym	:	percussion cap,
definition	:	a detonator that explodes when struck (noun.artifact)