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Hg2Cl2 | Calomel \Cal"o*mel\ (k[a^]l"[-o]*m[e^]l), n. [Gr. kalo`s beautiful + me`las black. So called from its being white, though made from a black mixture of mercury and corrosive sublimate. Cf. F. calom['e]las.] (Chem.) Mild chloride of mercury, {Hg2Cl2}, a heavy, white or yellowish white substance, insoluble and tasteless, much used in medicine as a mercurial and purgative; mercurous chloride. It occurs native as the mineral {horn quicksilver}. [1913 Webster] |
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