Skip to Content
Merck
All Photos(1)

Key Documents

449199

Sigma-Aldrich

Mercury(I) chloride

anhydrous, powder, 99.999% trace metals basis

Synonym(s):

Calomel, Mercurous chloride

Sign Into View Organizational & Contract Pricing


About This Item

Linear Formula:
Hg2Cl2
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
472.09
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352302
PubChem Substance ID:

grade

anhydrous

Assay

99.999% trace metals basis

form

powder

mp

400 °C (subl.) (lit.)

SMILES string

Cl[Hg][Hg]Cl

InChI

1S/2ClH.2Hg/h2*1H;;/q;;2*+1/p-2

InChI key

ZOMNIUBKTOKEHS-UHFFFAOYSA-L

Looking for similar products? Visit Product Comparison Guide

Pictograms

Skull and crossbonesEnvironment

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 3 Oral - Acute Tox. 4 Dermal - Aquatic Acute 1 - Aquatic Chronic 1 - Eye Irrit. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3

Target Organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class Code

6.1C - Combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic compounds or compounds which causing chronic effects

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable


Choose from one of the most recent versions:

Certificates of Analysis (COA)

Lot/Batch Number

Don't see the Right Version?

If you require a particular version, you can look up a specific certificate by the Lot or Batch number.

Already Own This Product?

Find documentation for the products that you have recently purchased in the Document Library.

Visit the Document Library

M M Weldon et al.
The Western journal of medicine, 173(1), 15-18 (2000-07-21)
To describe demographic characteristics, patterns of use, and symptoms associated with mercury poisoning among persons who used a Mexican beauty cream containing mercurous chloride and to estimate the prevalence of cream use in Texas near the Mexico border. Case series
Richard K Monroe et al.
Neurotoxicology, 30(4), 589-598 (2009-07-29)
Cadmium, mercury and rotenone are environmental pollutants whose neurotoxic mechanisms are not fully understood. We have shown previously that exposure of nerve cells to these agents produces oxidative stress which reversibly blocks growth factor and cytokine-mediated Janus kinase (Jak)/signal transducer
John E Gray et al.
Environmental science & technology, 44(12), 4782-4788 (2010-05-25)
In vitro bioaccessibility (IVBA) studies were carried out on samples of mercury (Hg) mine-waste calcine (roasted Hg ore) by leaching with simulated human body fluids. The objective was to estimate potential human exposure to Hg due to inhalation of airborne
Xiao-xia Guo et al.
Biosensors & bioelectronics, 26(10), 4001-4005 (2011-04-29)
Since the electrochemical oxidation peaks of both DNA and anti-tumor drug tamoxifen (TAM) overlapped with each other, the known electrochemical methods were limited in the study of the interactions between DNA and TAM. In this paper, zero current potentiometry, a
M L Morrison et al.
Journal of biomedical materials research. Part A, 74(3), 430-438 (2005-07-14)
Bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) represent an emerging class of materials with an amorphous structure and a unique combination of properties. The objectives of this investigation were to define the electrochemical behavior of a specific Zr-based BMG alloy in a physiologically

Our team of scientists has experience in all areas of research including Life Science, Material Science, Chemical Synthesis, Chromatography, Analytical and many others.

Contact Technical Service