mercuric chloride

noun

, Chemistry.

1. a white, crystalline, water-soluble, strongly acrid, highly poisonous solid, HgCl 2 , prepared by sublimation of chlorine with mercury, and used chiefly as an antiseptic.

mercuric chloride

noun

1. a white poisonous soluble crystalline substance used as a pesticide, antiseptic, and preservative for wood. Formula: HgCl 2 Systematic namemercury(II) chloride Also calledbichloride of mercurycorrosive sublimate

Word History and Origins

Origin of mercuric chloride¹

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

On addition of a solution of mercuric chloride to the red filtrate, a brown flocculent precipitate was formed.

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According to Personne mercuric chloride is not volatilised from boiling solutions when alkaline chlorides are present.

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Pour solution of mercuric chloride on mercury and explain what happens.

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Add more of the mercuric chloride (a little at a time) until a permanent precipitate is again formed.

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The negative is developed in the ordinary manner, intensified by mercuric chloride, and varnished.

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