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Aurum fulminans

Fulminating Gold (FG) (L or fulminant in Fr, Aurum fulminans in Latin, Kn all gold in Get,... [Pg.613]

The name aurum fulminans was given by Beguinus, who described in 1608 its prepn (Ref 4, p 401)... [Pg.613]

Stettbacher, quoting the work of Langhans (Ref 2), stated that Aurum fulminans is the most ancient brisant explosive known and that manipulation with it in the past caused many serious accidents. For example, the famous Swedish chemist Baron J.J. Berzelius (1779— 1848) lost both eyes while working with FG (Ref 2, p 330)... [Pg.613]

Boyle, New Experiments. . . Flame and Air (n. 39), Expt. V, for aurum fulminans fired in vacuo. Also J. R. Partington, A History of Chemistry II, London, 1961, 308. Michael Osborne, The Medical Interests of the Oxford Chemists in the Late Seventeenth Century , unpublished Oxford University... [Pg.49]

M.Chem. Part II thesis, 2002 41-6 for modern analysis of aurum fulminans, and 72-3 for John Ward s recipe for its preparation. [Pg.49]

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See also in sourсe #XX -- [ Pg.31 , Pg.401 ]

See also in sourсe #XX -- [ Pg.44 ]



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