Fulminate
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Fulminates are chemical compounds which includes the fulminate anion. Due to the instability of the anion, they are friction-sensitive explosives. The most well known is Mercury fulminate which has been used as a primary explosive in detonators. The chemical formula for the fulminate anion is O-N+C-. It is largely the presence of the weak single Nitrogen-Oxygen bond which leads to its instability. Nitrogen very easily forms a stable triple bond to another Nitrogen atom, forming gaseous Nitrogen.
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