Categories: Lab Chemical-60
Product Short Description:

MERCUROUS CHLORIDE

Product Description:

corrosive to mucous membranes and used as a topical antiseptic and disinfectant. 

Mercuric chloride was used to disinfect wounds by Arab physicians in the Middle Ages but modern medicine has since deemed it unsafe for use.

Product Application:

Mercurous chloride finds uses as a purgative (laxative), and in the preparation of insecticides and medicines. It has also been used to treat infections of intestinal worms and as a fungicide (a substance used to kill fungi and prevent fungal growth) in agriculture.

Product Dose:

Mercuric chloride has an estimated human fatal dose of between 1 and 4 g.

Product Note:

Mercurous chloride (Hg2Cl2), also known as Calomel, is a typical mercury-containing mineral found in nature. In this work, the leaching behaviour of pure mercurous chloride dissolved in pure water and in thiosulfate solution was investigated.

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