Mercury(I) chloride is the chemical compound with the formula Hg2Cl2. Also known as the mineral calomel (a rare mineral) or mercurous chloride, this dense...
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Mercury(II) chloride (or mercury bichloride[citation needed], mercury dichloride), historically also known as sulema or corrosive sublimate, is the inorganic...
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Mercury chloride can refer to: Mercury(II) chloride or mercuric chloride (HgCl2) Mercury(I) chloride or mercurous chloride (Hg2Cl2) Tetrachloromercurate...
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Calomel (redirect from Sweet mercury)
Calomel is a mercury chloride mineral with formula Hg2Cl2 (see mercury(I) chloride). It was used as a medicine from the 16th to early 20th century, despite...
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on the reaction between elemental mercury and mercury(I) chloride. It has been widely replaced by the silver chloride electrode, however the calomel electrode...
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of mercury(II) chloride, a white precipitate of mercury(I) chloride is first formed; as more SnCl2 is added this turns black as metallic mercury is formed...
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in most cases; however, for some chloride salts, such as silver chloride, lead(II) chloride, and mercury(I) chloride, they are only slightly soluble in...
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formula is supposed to contain two mercury atoms bound to each other, as in the real compound mercury(I) chloride (calomel), Hg 2Cl 2. The latter is an...
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copper(II) chloride (CuCl2). Copper(I) chloride was first prepared by Robert Boyle and designated rosin of copper in the mid-seventeenth century from mercury(II)...
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1.72×10−7 and mercury(I) chloride (Hg2Cl2) with Ksp = 1.3×10−18. Solid lead(II) chloride precipitates upon addition of aqueous chloride sources (HCl,...
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humans and other animals; mercury poisoning can result from exposure to water-soluble forms of mercury (such as mercuric chloride or methylmercury) either...
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Mercury(I) nitrate is an inorganic compound, a salt of mercury and nitric acid with the formula Hg2(NO3)2. A yellow solid, the compound is used as a precursor...
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quicksilver/horn mercury – mercury(I) chloride, a very poisonous purgative formed by subliming a mixture of mercuric chloride and metallic mercury, triturated...
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Mercury(I) bromide or mercurous bromide is the chemical compound composed of mercury and bromine with the formula Hg2Br2. It changes color from white to...
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List of inorganic compounds (section I)
Mercury(I) chloride – Hg2Cl2 Mercury(I) sulfate – Hg2SO4 Mercury(II) chloride – HgCl2 Mercury(II) hydride – HgH2 Mercury(II) selenide – HgSe Mercury(II)...
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mercurous nitrate/mercury, the initial voltage is 0. If potassium chloride is added to mercurous nitrate on one side, mercury (I) chloride is precipitated...
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modern historians have suggested that calomel, the mineral form of mercury(I) chloride which Washington was given to treat smallpox, probably contributed...
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rare mineral coccinite. Unlike the related mercury(II) chloride it is hardly soluble in water (<100 ppm). Mercury(II) iodide is produced by adding an aqueous...
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Mercury(I) iodide is a chemical compound of mercury and iodine. The chemical formula is Hg2I2. It is photosensitive and decomposes easily to mercury and...
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such as thiazides, and are now rarely used. Inorganic mercury compounds, such as mercury(I)chloride (calomel), were found to have diuretic properties when...
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Mercuric amidochloride is an inorganic compound with the formula Hg(NH2)Cl. It arises from the reaction of mercury(II) chloride and ammonia (Calomel reaction)...
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Washington on his deathbed in 1799. He was bled repeatedly and given Mercury(I) chloride (calomel) and several blisters of cantharidin to induce sweating...
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Hasan ibn Ali (redirect from Hassan I Pasha)
and chemical evidence, they suggested that the mineral calomel (mercury(I) chloride, Hg2Cl2), sourced from the Byzantine Empire, was the substance primarily...
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has a valence of 3; in water, oxygen has a valence of 2; and in hydrogen chloride, chlorine has a valence of 1. Chlorine, as it has a valence of one, can...
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Mercury(I) fluoride or mercurous fluoride is the chemical compound composed of mercury and fluorine with the formula Hg2F2. It consists of small yellow...
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Mercury(I) sulfate, commonly called mercurous sulphate (UK) or mercurous sulfate (US) is the chemical compound Hg2SO4. Mercury(I) sulfate is a metallic...
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Zusammensetzung des Bittermandelwassers" (On the decomposition of calomel [i.e., mercury(I) chloride] by bitter almond water, and some contributions to a more precise...
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1788. In the Swedish version of his paper he called it söndring. Mercury(I) chloride disproportionates upon UV-irradiation:[clarification needed] Hg2Cl2...
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was by the electrolysis of a solution of this salt using a mercury cathode.: 3 Radium chloride crystallises from aqueous solution as the dihydrate. The...
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The compound hydrogen chloride has the chemical formula HCl and as such is a hydrogen halide. At room temperature, it is a colorless gas, which forms white...
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