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Mercury(II) sulfide red

99%

Synonym(s):

Mercuric sulfide red

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
HgS
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
232.66
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352300
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.23

Quality Level

assay

99%

form

powder

color

red

mp

583.5 °C (lit.)

density

8.1 g/mL at 25 °C

SMILES string

S=[Hg]

InChI

1S/Hg.S

InChI key

QXKXDIKCIPXUPL-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Mercury sulfide can exist in several crystal structures,1 of which mercury sulfide red occurs in hexagonal structure. It can be precipitated from hydrogen sulfide and mercury salt solution.

Packaging

Packaged in glass bottles

pictograms

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Warning

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Hazard Classifications

Skin Sens. 1

supp_hazards

Storage Class

13 - Non Combustible Solids

wgk_germany

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)


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Daintith J
Chemistry (Weinheim An Der Bergstrasse, Germany) null
Masaki Ohata et al.
Analytical sciences : the international journal of the Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry, 31(8), 855-858 (2015-08-11)
The effect of long-time X-ray irradiation on Cr and Hg in a polypropylene disk certified reference material (PP disk CRM, NMIJ CRM 8136-a) during measurements by X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrometry was examined in the present study. The XRF intensities of
Wiberg E and Wiberg N
Inorganic Chemistry null

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