mercurammonium (mer kuramonium)

[NL., mercurius, mercury, + ammonium.] + ammonium.] A compound of mercury and ammonia: specifically applied to bases in which mercury replaces a part or all of the hydrogen in ammonia. Examples are mercurous-ammonium chlorid, (NH3)2Hg2C12, and mercuric-diammonium chlorid, (NH3)2HgCl, known as fusible white precipitate. -- Mercurammonium chlorid, the hydrargyrum ammonia tum or white precipitate of the United States and British Pharma copœias. mercurial (mér-kūʻri-al), a. and n. [= F. mer curiel = Sp. Pg. mercurial = It. mercuriale, His foot Mercurial , his Martial thigh. IMG:content-0490.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0491.jpg:[graphic] mercurialism whatever.