Calomel Definition

kălə-mĕl, -məl
noun
Mercurous chloride, HgCl, a white, tasteless powder that darkens on exposure to light: used in standard electrode cells and as a fungicide, insecticide, etc.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • mercurous chloride

Origin of Calomel

  • Probably from New Latin calomelās Greek kalos beautiful melās black

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French calomel.

    From Wiktionary

Calomel Sentence Examples

  • Only stannous salts (not stannic) give a precipitate of calomel in mercuric chloride solution.

  • Other voltaic standards of electromotive force are in use, such as the Weston cadmium cell, the Helmholtz calomel cell, and the standard Daniell cell.

  • In 1778 he proposed a new method of making calomel and powder of algaroth, and he got molybdic acid from mineral molybdaena nitens which he carefully distinguished from ordinary molybdena (plumbago or black lead of commerce).

  • The case should be treated by rest in bed, fomentations, calomel and saline aperients.

  • The loss of quicksilver in the process is large, owing to the formation of calomel which is not saved.

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Words Starting With

CCACAL

Words Ending With

LELMEL

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calomel

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