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Platinum fulminate is a primary explosive which is a fulminate salt of platinum discovered by Edmund Davy. It is described as a tasteless brown powder.[1][3][4][5]

References

  1. ^ a b Davy, Edmund (1817). "On a New Fulminating Platinum". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. 107. The Royal Society: 136–157. JSTOR 107576.
  2. ^ Thomson, Thomas (1817). "Annals of Philosophy, Or, Magazine of Chemistry, Mineralogy, Mechanics ... - Google Books". Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  3. ^ A system of chemistry. Abraham Small, No. 112, Chesnut Street. 1818. p. 35. Retrieved 15 December 2014 – via Internet Archive. platinum fulminate.
  4. ^ Lectures on Explosives. J. Wiley & sons. 1897. p. 364. Retrieved 15 December 2014 – via Internet Archive. platinum fulminate.
  5. ^ Thomson, Thomas (1818). "A system of chemistry". Retrieved 15 December 2014.
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