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mercuric

/mer-kyoor-ik/US // mərˈkyʊər ɪk //UK // (mɜːˈkjʊərɪk) //

汞,含汞,汞的,含汞的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Chemistry.

    • : of or containing mercury, especially in the bivalent state.

Examples

  • On addition of a solution of mercuric chloride to the red filtrate, a brown flocculent precipitate was formed.

  • Mercuric cyanide, as we have seen (p. 115), is exceptional in its exceedingly small capacity for ionization.

  • Qualitative tests demonstrated the presence of a chlorid, a nitrate, a mercuric salt, free acid and glycerin.

  • Mercury itself is soluble in nitric acid, forming, when the acid is hot and strong, mercuric nitrate.

  • According to Personne mercuric chloride is not volatilised from boiling solutions when alkaline chlorides are present.