A technical dictionary of printmaking, André Béguin.
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Mercury chloride
mercuric chloride, corrosive mercury chloride; (corrosive) sublimate; mercury protochloride; perchloride of mercury; bichloride of mercury; mercury bichloride. White crystals or powder. Poisonous. May be fatal if swallowed. Do not breathe dust. Soluble in water, alcohol, ether, pyridine and acetic acid ester. Formula; HgCl2. Latin name: chloretum hydrargyrium.
f chlorure mercurique; bichlorure de mercure; sublimé corrosif d Quecksilber-chlorid; Sublimat n kwikchloride; kwik-II-chloride; mercurichloride; sublimaat.
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