mercurous chloride
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of mercurous chloride
First recorded in 1880–85
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Minor sources include the black or gray sulphide, metacinnabar, the native metal, and the white mercurous chloride, calomel.
From The Economic Aspect of Geology by C. K. (Charles Kenneth) Leith
The molecular weight of mercurous chloride has given occasion for much discussion.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" by Various
Being insoluble, mercurous chloride is precipitated as a white solid when a soluble chloride is added to a solution of mercurous nitrate: HgNO3 + NaCl = HgCl + NaNO3.
From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by William McPherson
How could you distinguish between mercurous chloride and mercuric chloride?
From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by William McPherson
The specific value of mercurous chloride is that it exerts the valuable properties of mercuric chloride in the safest and least irritant manner, as the active salt is continuously and freshly generated in small quantities.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" by Various
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