Mercury Chloride
It is an odorless white crystalline powder with a metallic taste.
Mercuric chloride is an odourless white crystalline solid. Mercuric Chloride widely used as a disinfectant, antiseptic, fungicide, wood preservative
Mercury(II) chloride. HgCl2. Synonyms: Mercuric chloride, Mercury(II) chloride. CAS 7487-94-7. Molecular Weight 271.50
Mercuric Chloride Uses :
- In the preservation of the anatomical specimens, mercuric chloride is used.
- Mercuric chloride is also used in leather tanning.
- It is also used in antiseptic and disinfectants.
- Mercuric chloride is also used for micrography, in the manufacturing of ink.
- In analytical chemistry, this compound is used as a reagent.
- This compound is used as an intensifier in photography.
- This compound is used in the conversion of acetylene into vinyl chloride as a catalyst.
- Mercuric chloride is used as an ant repellent.
- Mercuric chloride is used in the cases of the dry battery.
- Mercuric chloride solution is used as a dip for tubers and bulbs.
- For the conversion of vinyl chloride from acetylene, mercuric chloride is generally used. This vinyl chloride is used as a precursor of polyvinyl chloride.
- Occasionally, To form an amalgam of metals such as aluminium, mercuric chloride (HgCl₂) is used.
Properties : Mercuric chloride has the empirical formula Cl2Hg and a molecular weight of 271.52. It is an odorless white crystalline powder with a metallic taste. At 25 C it has a density of 5.4. It melts at 277 C and sublimes unchanged at about 300 C.
| Appearance (Colour) | White |
| Appearance (Form) | Crystalline powder |
| Solubility (Turbidity) 5% aq. solution | Clear |
| Solubility (Colour) 5% aq. solution | Colourless |
| Assay (EDTA Titration) | min. 98% |
| Calcium (Ca) | max. 0.005% |
| Magnesium (Mg) | max. 0.005% |
| Sodium (Na) | max. 0.005% |
| Potassium (K) |
max. 0.005% |
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Mercuric Chloride is an inorganic chemical compound and is highly toxic to the human body.
