Mercury(I) chloride in vivo oxidation: a thermodynamic study
Mercury (Hg) has a long history of both medicinal uses and toxic effects. Hg chlorides were used as medicines; however, ‘corrosive sublimate’ (HgCl2) was also used as a violent poison in the Middle Ages. In this work, certain thermodynamic principles of reactivity were used to show that ingested aqu...
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| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2015-08-01
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| Series: | Main Group Metal Chemistry |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/mgmc-2015-0012 |