mercurous chloride

noun

, Pharmacology.

mercurous chloride

a white tasteless insoluble powder used as a fungicide and formerly as a medical antiseptic, cathartic, and diuretic. Formula: Hg 2 Cl 2 Systematic namemercury(I) chloride Also calledcalomel

First recorded in 1880–85

The necessary amounts of Lithium and Mercurous Chloride are then intimately mixed and made into solution.

Like mercurous chloride it is a white solid, but differs from it in that it is soluble in water.

How could you distinguish between mercurous chloride and mercuric chloride?

Now, several substances will color this white mercurous chloride black.

The molecular weight of mercurous chloride has given occasion for much discussion.

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