mercuric chloride 名詞



 Mer·cu·ric a. Chem. Of, pertaining to, or derived from, mercury; containing mercury; -- said of those compounds of mercury into which this element enters in its lowest proportion.
 Mercuric chloride, corrosive sublimate. See mercury bichloride and Corrosive.

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 Chlo·ride n. Chem. A binary compound of chlorine with another element or radical; as, chloride of sodium (common salt).
 Chloride of ammonium, sal ammoniac.
 Chloride of lime, bleaching powder; a grayish white substance, CaOCl2, used in bleaching and disinfecting; -- called more properly calcium hypochlorite. See Hypochlorous acid, under Hypochlorous.
 Mercuric chloride, corrosive sublimate.

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 mercuric chloride
      n : a white poisonous soluble crystalline sublimate of mercury;
          used as a pesticide or antiseptic or wood preservative
          [syn: mercury chloride, bichloride of mercury, {corrosive
          sublimate]