fulminating gold

noun

A highly explosive, light- and shock-sensitive, yellow to yellow-orange amorphous heterogeneous mixture of different polymeric compounds of predominantly gold (III), ammonia, and chlorine.

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nounfulminating gold (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA highly explosive, light- and shock-sensitive, yellow to yellow-orange amorphous heterogeneous mixture of different polymeric compounds of predominantly gold (III), ammonia, and chlorine.
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