Talk:Mercury(II) fulminate
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[edit] Preparation
I simplified the Preparation section avoiding too detailed instructions os the explosive preparation. As already duscussed in other articles on explosives, this is not a terrorist handbook (there are plenty of those on the net already)...The preparation is commented, without being a cookbook on its synthesis. JEFCG 17:30, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
And for those of us with curiosity: http://www.roguesci.org/chemlab/energetics/mercury_fulminate.html
Enjoy responsibly 68.0.144.113 (talk) 01:03, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Synthesis
I have added a summary of a current synthesis for this substance. I think it is enough for a text book or encyclopedia entry. I have not given my reference as it contains experimental detail.
Socksysquirrel 23:03, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Appearance
Curious as to physical appearance of the substance. depicted on tv show Breaking Bad as clear, glass-like.--Jrm2007 (talk) 08:02, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] "Popular culture"
While such trivia may be interesting, we're writing an encyclopedia here, and listing every single mention of mercury fulminate in popular culture will be ridiculous. It might be more appropriate to wikilink mercury fulminate in the article concerning this (supposedly) television show. --Rifleman 82 (talk) 17:36, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi there
I previously removed your edit, noting on the edit summary to refer to th[is] talk page...Have you considered my arguments against including such information, before re-adding it? --Rifleman 82 (talk) 07:57, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
- Hi, Rifleman....just for the record, I'm not the same guy as the first person who reverted your removal of the pop culture reference to Hg(ONC)2 in Breaking Bad. But I happened to see your comment here, so I took a look at the edit history to see what the previous version said (although I admit I already had a pretty good idea of what to expect). After seeing the previous version, I found myself agreeing with the other guy that (in my humble opinion) the pop culture reference did add something to this article. I don't believe that listing every single mention of mercury fulminate in popular culture would be ridiculous, because, frankly...there's only one. :-) (You should see the unbelievably long lists of pop culture references that can be found in other Wikipedia articles!) Compared to that, this one single mention seems harmless and (I think) makes the article more interesting. (Indeed, what do you suppose inspired me to come here to the Mercury Fulminate article? <grin>) I vote to let it stay. Respectfully, 24.6.66.193 (talk) 08:38, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
I've removed the content again - it's too much trivia for a very short article. You could move it to the Breaking Bad article. If you came here because you saw mercury fulminate being used on TV, you don't need reminding that it appears on TV!
Ben (talk) 13:13, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
- One item of trivia is too much??? <rolling eyes> 24.6.66.193 (talk) 04:13, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
I had never heard of this until I saw the show. I think it would be helpful if someone could verify if the substance really could look like that and explode with that much force. I think the reference would be worth mentioning if it was in that context. Stungravy (talk) 19:27, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
