corrosive sublimate

corrosive sublimate

noun
Chemistry Now Rare. mercuric chloride.

Origin:
1700–10
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Corrosive sublimate is always a great word to know.
So is cyanide. Does it mean:
a salt of hydrocyanic acid, such as potassium cyanide, KCN
the solid product resulting from the distillation of coal in an oven or closed chamber or by imperfect combustion, consisting principally of carbon
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corrosive sublimate
 
n
another name for mercuric chloride

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