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雷酸水銀 (らいさんすいぎん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

雷らい酸さん水すい銀ぎん

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Meanings

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mercury fulminate

A highly sensitive explosive compound used in detonators and primers. Technical term in chemistry and pyrotechnics.

雷らい酸さん水すい銀ぎんは衝しょう撃げきに非ひ常じょうに敏びん感かんな爆ばく薬やくで

ある

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Mercury fulminate is an explosive that is extremely sensitive to shock.

Kanji

雷thunder, lightning bolt
酸acid, bitterness, sour
水water
銀silver

Built from

雷らい酸さん+水すい銀ぎん

Etymology

Compound of 雷酸 (fulminic acid) and 水銀 (mercury). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with the chemical meaning.