5880. Mercuric Nitrate

Nomenclature

CAS number: 10045-94-0
Nitric acid mercury (2+) salt (2:1); mercury pernitrate.
HgN2O6; mol wt 324.60.
Hg 61.80%, N 8.63%, O 29.57%.
Hg(NO3)2.

Derivative

Hydrate.

Properties

White or slightly yellow, deliquesc, cryst powder; odor of nitric acid. Poisonous. d 4.3. Sol in a small amount of water; with much water or on boiling with water, an insol basic salt is formed; sol in dil acids. Keep well closed and protect from light.

Use

Manufacture of felt; mercury fulminate; destroying phylloxera.