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雷酸 (らいさん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

雷らい酸さん

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Meanings

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noun

fulminic acid

chemistry

A highly unstable and explosive chemical compound, used in the production of fulminates. Technical term in chemistry.

雷らい酸さんは非ひ常じょうに不ふ安あん定ていで爆ばく発はつ性せいの高たかい化か合ごう物ぶつである。
Fulminic acid is a highly unstable and explosive compound.

Kanji

雷thunder, lightning bolt
酸acid, bitterness, sour

Similar words

雷らい汞こう
雷汞 (mercury fulminate) is a salt of fulminic acid, commonly used in detonators, whereas 雷酸 refers to the acid itself.

Etymology

The kanji 雷 (thunder) and 酸 (acid) combine to describe the explosive nature of this acid. The exact historical derivation of the term is uncertain.