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  • Mercuric nitrate was used in curing felt and led to symptoms of dementia in hat makers.

    Don't Wear Green Tarletan Dresses - A Dress A Day 2010

  • Mercuric sulfide and mercuric oxide may be used to color paints, and mercuric sulfide is one of the red coloring agents used in tattoo dyes.

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  • Mercuric sulfide and mercuric oxide may be used to color paints, and mercuric sulfide is one of the red coloring agents used in tattoo dyes.

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  • Mercuric chloride is a topical antiseptic or disinfectant agent.

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  • Mercuric chloride is a topical antiseptic or disinfectant agent.

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  • Mercuric (Hg2+) compounds form a variety of inorganic salts, most of which have a high acute toxicity consisting of damage to the gastro-intestinal tract, kidneys and haemorrhages in the lower intestinal tract.

    Chapter 13 1996

  • Mercuric iodide is the more important of the two, and as prepared above is a red powder which changes to yellow on heating to 150°.

    An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson

  • Mercuric oxide can be obtained either as a brick-red or as a yellow substance.

    An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson

  • ~Mercuric chloride~ (_corrosive sublimate_) (HgCl_ {2}).

    An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson

  • Equation (1) should be read, "Mercuric oxide when heated gives mercury and oxygen"; equation (2) is equivalent to the statement, "When electrolyzed, water produces hydrogen and oxygen"; equation (3), "When heated together iron and sulphur unite to form iron sulphide"; equation

    An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson

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