Corrosive Mercury Chloride

Corrosive Mercury Chloride Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Food Interaction and all others data.

Mercury chloride (HgCl2) is a highly toxic compound that volatizes slightly at ordinary temperature and appreciably at 100 degrees C. It is corrosive to mucous membranes and used as a topical antiseptic and disinfectant. Corrosive Mercury Chloride was used to disinfect wounds by Arab physicians in the Middle Ages but modern medicine has since deemed it unsafe for use.

Trade Name Corrosive Mercury Chloride
Generic Mercuric chloride
Mercuric chloride Other Names bichlorure de mercure, chlorure mercurique, corrosive mercury chloride, corrosive sublimate, dichloromercury, dichlorure de mercure, hydrargyrum bichloratum, mercuric bichloride, Mercuric chloride, mercury bichloride, mercury perchloride, Mercury(II) chloride, Quecksilber(II)-chlorid, Sublimat, sublimate, Sulema
Type
Formula Cl2Hg
Weight Average: 271.5
Monoisotopic: 271.908331018
Groups Experimental
Therapeutic Class
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Last Updated: September 19, 2023 at 7:00 am
Corrosive Mercury Chloride
Corrosive Mercury Chloride

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