Assertion: potassium nitrate's use | /r/HasSubevent | formation of fulminic acid
Facets:
value: in the analysis of water
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: In the analysis of water, the use of ethanol to remove more than traces of nitrate or nitrite ion may lead to formation of fulminic acid, and if mercury(II) is used as a catalyst, explosive mercury fulminate may be formed.