mercuric chloride

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noun Chemistry.

a white, crystalline, water-soluble, strongly acrid, highly poisonous solid, HgCl2, prepared by sublimation of chlorine with mercury, and used chiefly as an antiseptic.

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Also called bichloride of mercury, mercury bichloride.

Origin of mercuric chloride

First recorded in 1870–75

Words nearby mercuric chloride

mercurial, mercurial barometer, mercurialism, mercurialize, mercuric, mercuric chloride, mercuric oxide, mercuric sulfide, mercuric sulphide, mercurify, mercurize

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How to use mercuric chloride in a sentence

Chloride of Lime … bad smell … bad egg … white of egg … fowl … grain … flour … flour and water … milk fluid … milk.
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The same effect may be produced by dipping the straw into the chloride of lime dissolved in water.
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There had never been screens on a barn in Bentford before, however, nor any chloride of lime used.
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It gave a bluish-black color with impure ferrous sulphate and a dark color with ferric chloride.
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An alcoholic solution of this substance gave a dark color with ferric chloride and a light colored precipitate with lead acetate.
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British Dictionary definitions for mercuric chloride

mercuric chloride

noun

a white poisonous soluble crystalline substance used as a pesticide, antiseptic, and preservative for wood. Formula: HgCl 2Systematic name: mercury(II) chloride Also called: bichloride of mercury, corrosive sublimate

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Medical definitions for mercuric chloride

mercuric chloride

A poisonous white crystalline compound used as an antiseptic and a disinfectant.