MERCURIC CHLORIDE CORROSIVE SUBLIMATE  , PER-CHLORIDE OF See also:

• MERCURY
• MERCURY (MERCU1uus)
• MERCURY (symbol Hg, atomic weight = 2oo)

MERCURY (HgC12), a See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (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)

white solid obtained by the See also:

• ACTION

action of See also:

• CHLORINE (symbol Cl, atomic weight 35`46 (0=16)

chlorine on mercury or See also:

• CALOMEL

calomel, by the addition of hydrochloric See also:

• ACID (from the Lat. root ac-, sharp; acere, to be sour)

acid to a hot, strong See also:

• SOLUTION (from Lat. solvere, to loosen, dissolve)

solution of mercurous nitrate, Hg2(NO3)2+4HC1=2HgC12+2H2O-1-2NO2f and, commercially, by See also:

• HEATING

heating a mixture of mercuric sulphate and See also:

• COMMON

common See also:

• SALT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch zout, Ger. Salz, Scand. salt; cognate with Gr. &Xs, Lat. sal)
• SALT, SIR TITUS, BART

salt, the mercuric chloride subliming and being condensed in the See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of small rhombic crystals . It melts at 288°, and boils at 303°; it is sparingly soluble in See also:

• COLD (in O. Eng. cald and ceald, a word coming ultimately from a root cognate with the Lat. gelu, gelidus, and common in the Teutonic languages, which usually have two distinct forms for the substantive and the adjective, cf. Ger. Kolte, kalt, Dutch koude

cold See also:

• WATER

water, more so in hot; it is very soluble in See also:

• ALCOHOL

alcohol and See also:

• ETHER, (C2H5)2O

ether . It is soluble in hydrochloric acid forming compounds such as HgC12.2HC1, 3HgC12.4HC1, 2HgC12•HC1; according to the temperature and concentration; it also forms See also:

• DOUBLE
• DOUBLE (from the Mid. Eng. duble, the form which gives the present pronunciation, through the Old Er. duble, from Lat. duplus, twice as much)

double salts with many chlorides; sal alembroth, 2NH4C1•HgCl2•See also:

• H2O (combined)

H2O, is the See also:

• COMPOUND
• COMPOUND (from Lat. componere, to combine or put together)

compound with ammonium chloride . It absorbs See also:

• AMMONIA (NH3)

ammonia to form HgC12•NH3, which may be distilled without decomposition . Various oxychlorides are formed by digesting corrosive sublimate with mercuric See also:

• OXIDE

oxide . Corrosive sublimate has important applications in See also:

• MEDICINE

medicine—as an astringent, stimulant, See also:

• CAUSTIC (Gr. rcavvraubs, burning)

caustic and antiseptic (see MERCURY) .