mercuric
[mer-kyoo r-ik]
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adjective Chemistry.
of or containing mercury, especially in the bivalent state.
Origin of mercuric
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Contrast the action of heat on cupric nitrate and mercuric nitrate.
An Elementary Study of ChemistryWilliam McPherson
Write equations for the preparation of mercuric and mercurous iodides.
An Elementary Study of ChemistryWilliam McPherson
Should ether be employed for this purpose, hydrochloric acid or the acid solution of mercuric nitrate would be selected of course.
Here, again, the mercuric chloride is sometimes equally valuable.
Mercuric chloride and potassic ferrocyanide failed to produce this effect.
mercuric
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