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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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