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MERCURY BISULPHID

\mˈɜːkjʊɹi ba͡ɪsˈʌlfɪd], \mˈɜːkjʊɹi ba‍ɪsˈʌlfɪd], \m_ˈɜː_k_j_ʊ_ɹ_i b_aɪ_s_ˈʌ_l_f_ɪ_d]\

Definitions of MERCURY BISULPHID

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Mercuric sulphid, HgS, so called from its analogy with m. bichlorid, biniodid, bicyanic, etc. It exists in a black and a red modification. The latter is used as the pigment known as vermilion.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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