Assertion: mercury fulminate | /r/ObjectUse | used as explosive ingredient
Facets:
value: widely
type: DEGREE
value: in primer compositions.46,47
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: However, there is some respected opinion which suggests his composition was made up of wax-coated pellets of potassium chlorate mixed with combustible materials, and that it was not until 1831 that mercury fulminate was widely used as the explosive ingredient in primer compositions.46,47