Fire Hazard
It is one of the most powerful detonating
fulminates. Its detonating power and sensitivity
to heat and impact are greater than for mercury fulminate. The heat of formation,
?Hz is C361.5 kJ (C86.4 kcal)/mol for the
dimer (Collins 1978). Reaction with hydrogen
sulfide at ambient temperature could proceed
to explosive violence (Bretherick 1995).
Although soluble in ammonia, however, at a
pH of >13, it is likely to produce an explosive
precipitate.
