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Mercury fulminate is manufactured by reacting mercury(II) nitrate with concentrated nitric acid in ethanol.

Jacqueline Akhavan, The Chemistry of Explosives, The Royal Society of Chemistry, 1998.

Hg(NO3)2
  +  
HNO3
  +  
CH3CH2OH
         
Hg(ONC)2
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Mercury(II) nitrate     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Nitric acid, concentrated     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Ethanol Solvent    Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Mercury(II) fulminate     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
Industrial Process: Inorganic

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