CORROSIVE SUBLIMATE, MERCURIC CHLORIDE
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CORROSIVE SUBLIMATE, MERCURIC CHLORIDE , PER-CHLORIDE OF MERCURY (HgC12), a white See Also: - WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE,
GILBERT See Also: - GILBERT
- GILBERT (KINGSMILL) ISLANDS
- GILBERT (or GYLBERDE), WILLIAM (1544-1603)
- GILBERT, ALFRED (1854– )
- GILBERT, ANN (1821-1904)
- GILBERT, GROVE KARL (1843– )
- GILBERT, J
- GILBERT, JOHN (1810-1889)
- GILBERT, MARIE DOLORES ELIZA ROSANNA [" LOLA MONTEZ "] (1818-1861)
- GILBERT, NICOLAS JOSEPH LAURENT (1751–1780)
- GILBERT, SIR HUMPHREY (c. 1539-1583)
- GILBERT, SIR JOSEPH HENRY (1817-1901)
- GILBERT, SIR WILLIAM SCHWENK (1836– )
(1720–1793) - WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
solid obtained by the action of chlorine on mercury or calomel, by the addition of hydrochloric acid to a hot, strong solution of mercurous nitrate, Hg2(NO3)2+4HC1=2HgC12+2H2O-1-2NO2f and, commercially, by heating a mixture of mercuric sulphate and common salt , the mercuric chloride subliming and being condensed in the form of small rhombic crystals. It melts at 288, and boils at 303; it is sparingly soluble in cold water, more so in hot; it is very soluble in alcohol and ether. It is soluble in hydrochloric acid forming compounds such as HgC12.2HC1, 3HgC12.4HC1, 2HgC12HC1; according to the temperature and concentration; it also forms double salts with many chlorides; sal alembroth, 2NH4C1HgCl2H2O, is the compound with ammonium chloride. It absorbs ammonia to form HgC12NH3, which may be distilled without decomposition. Various oxychlorides are formed by digesting corrosive sublimate with mercuric oxide . Corrosive sublimate has important applications in medicineas an astringent, stimulant, caustic and antiseptic (see MERCURY).
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