| Identification | |
| Name: | Mercurous chloride |
| Synonyms: | Calomel; HgCl; Mercury chloride; Mercury (I) Chloride; Mercury monochloride; Mercury Protochloride; |
| CAS: | 7546-30-7 |
| EINECS: | 231-430-9 |
| Molecular Formula: | ClHg |
| Molecular Weight: | 236.043 |
| InChI: | InChI=1/ClH.Hg/h1H;/q;+1/p-1 |
| Molecular Structure: |  |
| Properties | |
| Melting Point: | 302 C |
| Boiling Point: | 384 C |
| Stability: | May be light sensitive. Incompatible with strong bases, carbonates, sulfides, cyanides, alkalies, sulfites, sulfates, hydrogen peroxide, ammonia, iodine, hydrogen bromide. |
| Solubility: | insoluble Stability May be light sensitive. Incompatible with strong bases, carbonates, sulfides,cyanides, alkalies, sulfites, sulfates, hydrogen peroxide, ammonia, iodine,hydrogen bromide. Toxicology Pois |
| Appearance: | dense white powder |
| Report: |
Mercury and its compounds are on the Community Right-To-Know List. EPA Genetic Toxicology Program. Reported in EPA TSCA Inventory. |
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