Platinum fulminate
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| StdInChI=1S/2CNO.Pt/c2*1-2-3;/q2*-1;+2
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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.{{cite journal|jstor=107576|title=On a New Fulminating Platinum|journal=Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London|last1=Davy|first1=Edmund|year=1817|volume=107|pages=136–157|publisher=The Royal Society}}{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/asystemchemistr00coopgoog|page=[https://archive.org/details/asystemchemistr00coopgoog/page/n38 35]|quote=platinum fulminate.|title=A system of chemistry|year=1818|via=Internet Archive|publisher=Abraham Small, No. 112, Chesnut Street|accessdate=15 December 2014}}{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/lecturesonexplo00walkgoog|page=[https://archive.org/details/lecturesonexplo00walkgoog/page/n384 364]|quote=platinum fulminate.|title=Lectures on Explosives|via=Internet Archive|year=1897|publisher=J. Wiley & sons|accessdate=15 December 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mv1YAAAAYAAJ&q=platinum+fulminate&pg=PA35|title=A system of chemistry|accessdate=15 December 2014|last1=Thomson|first1=Thomas|year=1818}}