Detonation of fulminating gold produces heterogeneous gold nanoparticles.
Jan Maurycy UszkoStephen J EichhornAvinash J PatilSimon R HallPublished in: Nanoscale advances (2024)
Fulminating gold, the first high-explosive compound to be discovered, disintegrates into a mysterious cloud of purple smoke, the nature of which has been speculated upon since its discovery in the 15th century. In this work, we show that the colour of the smoke is due to the presence of gold nanoparticles.