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METHYL MERCURY [1 record]

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Record 1 2003-12-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
CONT

To study the effect of the mercury compounds, respectively mercury(II) chloride and methyl mercury chloride, shifts in relative frequencies will be studied to detect differential or cell type specific sensitivity to these compounds.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
CONT

Le mercure forme des composés monovalents et bivalents. Parmi les composés du mercure commercialement importants, on trouve le sulfure de mercure(II), antiseptique courant également utilisé comme pigment vermillon, le chlorure de mercure(I) [appelé auparavant chlorure mercureux], ou calomel, utilisé dans les électrodes et autrefois comme cathartique, le chlorure de mercure(II) [appelé auparavant chlorure mercurique], ou sublimé corrosif, et des composés médicinaux tels que le mercurochrome.

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