MERCURIC CHLORIDE

or mercury (II) chloride, chemical compound, HgCl2, a white powder of colorless rhombohedral crystals, somewhat soluble in water. It is also called bichloride of mercury or corrosive sublimate. It is extremely poisonous. Raw egg white may be given as an antidote, since mercuric chloride reacts with egg albumin to form a nearly insoluble precipitate; medical treatment should be sought immediately. Mercuric chloride is sometimes used in dilute solution as an antiseptic for inanimate objects and as a fungicide. It is also used in preparing other mercury compounds; it reacts with mercury metal to form mercurous chloride. Mercuric chloride is prepared by reacting mercury with chlorine gas or by subliming a mixture of mercuric sulfate and sodium chloride (common salt).

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books on: Mercuric Chloride  - 104 results

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Cytological Technique: The Principles Underlying Routine Methods
Book by John R. Baker; Methuen, 1966
Subjects: Histology--Technique
ance of the red mercuric iodide before the precipitate...Their solubility in sodium chloride makes one question whether it is logical to use mercuric chloride in solution with...of a saturated solution of mercuric chloride in 0 75% sodium...
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German-English Science Dictionary: For Students in the Agricultural, Biological and Physical Sciences
Book by Louis De Vries; McGraw-Hill, 1939
Subjects: German Language--Dictionaries--English, Science--Dictionaries
...ink. Merkur , m . mercury; -chlorid , n . mercuric chloride; -chlorur , n . mercurous chloride; -haltig...mercuriammonium chloride; -chlorid , n . mercuric chloride; -cyanid , n . mercuric cyanide. merkurieren , to mercurize, combine...
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Analytical Cytology: Methods for Studying Cellular Form and Function
Book by Robert C. Mellors; Blakiston Division McGraw-Hill, 1955
Subjects: Cytology
...histochemical workers currently employ mercuric chloride solution 0.05 M as the catalyst...which color leukofuchsin after mercuric chloride hydrolysis, but not before...rapidly, under the influence of mercuric chloride, and a "pseudoplasmal...
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Ecoscience: Population, Resources, Environment
Book by Paul R. Ehrlich, Anne H. Ehrlich, John P. Holdren; W. H. Freeman, 1977
Subjects: Human Ecology, Pollution, Population
...been shown, for instance, that mercuric chloride can be responsible for eggshell...has been demonstrated only for mercuric chloride, not methyl mercury...aerobic and anaerobic methylation of mercuric chloride by San Francisco Bay sediments...
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Modern Science Teaching
Book by Elwood D. Heiss, Ellsworth S. Obourn, Charles W. Hoffman; Macmillan, 1950
Subjects: Science--Study And Teaching
...dioxide, gran. 2 lbs. calcium chloride, annhyd. 5 lbs. marble...chloride, dry, granu- 4 oz. mercuric chloride, U.S.P. lar...calcium fluoride fluospar 4 oz. mercuric nitrate, C.P. powder 8 oz. mercuric oxide, red, U.S.P...
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journal articles on: Mercuric Chloride  - 45 results

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Inorganic: The Other Mercury
Journal article by John F. Risher, Christopher T. De Rosa; Journal of Environmental Health, Vol. 70, 2007
Subjects: Mercury (Metal)--Influence, Mercury (Metal)--Properties, Mercury compounds--Influence, Mercury compounds--Properties, Mercury poisoning--Causes of, Mercury poisoning--Prevention, Mercury--Causes of, Mercury--Health aspects, Mercury--Influence, Mercury--Prevention, Mercury--Properties
...including common compounds formed from the monovalent and divalent cations (e.g., mercurous chloride, mercuric chloride, mercuric acetate, and mercuric sulfide); and 3) alkyl, dialkyl, and aryl organic mercury compounds (e.g., methylmercuric...
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The Clinician, Germs and Infectious Diseases: the Example of Charles Bouchard in Paris
Journal article by Alain Contrepois; Medical History, Vol. 46, 2002
Subjects: Charles Bouchard
...urea, uric acid, phosphoric acid, chloride, colouring agents). No effect of creosote...naphthalene, iodoform, salol, mercuric chloride, mercuric iodide, creosote, phenol...recommend sterilized water containing sodium chloride (7 g/1) as the dissolving liquid...
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Taking a Bite out of the Harmful Effects of Mercury in Dental Fillings: Advocating for National Legislation for Mercury Amalgams
Journal article by Kimberly M. Baga; Journal of Law and Health, Vol. 20, 2006
Subjects: Dental amalgams--Laws, regulations and rules, Dental fillings--Laws, regulations and rules, Fillings (Dentistry)--Laws, regulations and rules, Mercury (Metal)--Health aspects, Mercury--Health aspects
...thermometer makers, vinyl chloride manufacturers); and other...weekly applications of a mercuric chloride blistering agent to its legs. Mercuric chloride blistering agents...ingredient, and the use of mercuric blistering agent is not generally...
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Relationship of Blood Mercury Levels to Health Parameters in the Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta Caretta)
Journal article by Rusty D. Day, Al L. Segars, Michael D. Arendt, A. Michelle Lee, Margie M. Peden-Adams; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 115, 2007
Subjects: Blood chemical analysis--Usage, Blood--Analysis and chemistry, Blood--Usage, Loggerhead turtle--Health aspects, Mercury (Metal)--Distribution, Mercury (Metal)--Health aspects, Mercury--Distribution, Mercury--Health aspects
...The digestant was mixed with a tin chloride and hydrochloric acid reductant solution...Baginski (1988) found that mercury chloride exposure enhanced lysozyme release...Baginski B. 1988. Effect of mercuric-chloride on microbicidal activities of human polymorphonuclear...
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Organic and Inorganic Mercury in Neonatal Rat Brain after Prenatal Exposure to Methylmercury and Mercury Vapor
Journal article by Hiromi Ishitobi, Sander Stern, Sally W. Thurston, Grazyna Zareba, Margaret Langdon, Robert Gelein, Bernard Weiss; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 118, 2010
Subjects: Brain--Physiological aspects, Brain--Research, Methylmercury compounds--Health aspects, Methylmercury compounds--Research, Methylmercury--Health aspects, Methylmercury--Research
...toxic species of Hg, namely, mercuric Hg. Yet there are reasons...deposition in the brain as mercuric Hg, divalent inorganic Hg...exposed to a) MeHg as MeHg chloride via drinking water, b) Hg...females were dosed with an MeHg chloride (CH.sub.3HgCl) drinking...
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magazine articles on: Mercuric Chloride  - 3 results

 
 
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Mercury Contamination Could Slow Down Destruction of Chemical Stockpile
Magazine article by Sandra I. Erwin; National Defense, Vol. 92, August 2007
Subjects: Biological & chemical weapons, Containers, Contamination, Mercury, Power plants
...some place in the manufacturing process," Ormond said. It is not yet clear how that happened. One theory is that mercuric chloride was used as a catalyst for some forms of mustard. The toxic material could have been shipped to the plant in one...
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Geopeople
Magazine article; Geographical, Vol. 72, June 2000
Subjects: Banerji, Gargi--Interviews, Geographers--Conduct of life, Waterton, Charles--Conduct of life, Women conservationists--Conduct of life
...maintaining rigidity with an artificial skeleton. Waterton didnt use skeletons, instead he soaked the skins in mercuric chloride which hardened them and made them anti-putrescent. Then he would carefully and skillfully mould the specimen into...
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Mercury: The Two-Faced Element
Magazine article by Steve Voynick; World and I, Vol. 19, May 2004
Subjects: Mercury (Metal)--Environmental aspects, Mercury (Metal)--Properties, Mercury (Metal)--Usage, Mercury--Environmental aspects, Mercury--Properties, Mercury--Usage
...limited number of minerals, of which brick-red cinnabar (mercuric sulfide, or HgS) is by far the most common. Cinnabar is...electrolytic cell underlies a concentrated brine of salt (sodium chloride) filling the remainder of the cell. Applying a voltage between...


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Meth Lab's Toxic Legacy
Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), June 13, 2004
...University of Arizona faculty member. Mercuric chloride, which a state crime lab report...chemicals found in meth labs, mercuric chloride is a white opaque crystal...are advised to avoid stirring up mercuric chloride dust and to treat clean...


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encyclopedia articles on: Mercuric Chloride  - 10 results

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Mercuric Chloride
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MERCURIC CHLORIDE or mercury (II) chloride, chemical...white may be given as an antidote, since mercuric chloride reacts with egg albumin to form...treatment should be sought immediately. Mercuric chloride is sometimes used in dilute...
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Mercurous Chloride
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MERCUROUS CHLORIDE mercury (I) chloride...mercury and the very poisonous mercuric chloride on exposure to...less dangerous poison than mercuric chloride chiefly because...a mixture of mercury and mercuric chloride or by precipitation...
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Mercury , Chemical Element
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...uses. Calomel ( mercurous chloride , Hg 2 Cl 2 ) is used as a...medicine as a purgative. Mercuric chloride (corrosive sublimate...and as a disinfectant. Mercuric oxide is used in skin ointments. Mercuric sulfate is used as a catalyst...
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Chlorine
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...in association with other chlorides. Chlorine is produced commercially...the electrolysis of sodium chloride, either molten or in solution. Other chlorides are sometimes employed...oxidation of the hydrogen chloride (Deacons process) and from...disinfectant and as an antiseptic (mercuric chloride); and in the manufacture...
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Halogen
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...water solution of hydrogen chloride is called hydrochloric acid...or salts , e.g., sodium chloride, common table salt. They...compounds are calomel (mercurous chloride), fluorite , sal ammoniac...chloride ), corrosive sublimate ( mercuric chloride ), and chlorine bleaches...
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