What Christmas product incorporates a silver strip which features a compound called silver fulminate?
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Christmas crackers owe their crack to a compound called silver fulminate. This compound has the molecular formula AgCNO, and can be prepared relatively simply by reacting concentrated nitric acid with silver and ethanol.
Christmas Crackers incorporates a silver strip that features a compound called silver fulminate.
Explanation:
Christmas crackers are a popular tradition at the Christmas dinner table. In 1847 a baker Tom Smith invented the crackers. He had discovered these on his trip to Paris. Thereafter he innovated and created the Christmas crackers.
The crackers contain a small amount of a chemical compound known as silver fulminate AgCNO. This is created by reacting concentrated nitric acid with silver and ethanol. This compound is "very sensitive" and can even "self-detonate" under its weight in large enough quantities.