Mercury(II) iodide

grade

ACS reagent

Quality Level

300

Agency

reag. Ph. Eur.

vapor pressure

0.006 hPa ( 80 °C)

product line

EMSURE^®

Assay

≥99.0% dry basis (silver nitrate titration)

form

solid

potency

18 mg/kg LD₅₀ oral (Rat)
75 mg/kg LD₅₀ skin (Rat)

impurities

≤0.02% Substances not reducing by formic acid

pH

6-7 (20 °C 50 g/L in H₂O slurry)

bp

354 °C/1013 hPa (sublimed)

mp

259 °C

solubility

0.06 g/L

density

6.36 g/cm³ at 25 °C

bulk density

1350 kg/m³

cation traces

Fe: ≤0.001%
Hg⁺: ≤0.1%
heavy metals (as Pb): ≤0.001%
soluble mercury salts (as Hg): ≤0.05%

storage temp.

2-30°C

InChI

1S/Hg.2HI/h;2*1H/q+2;;/p-2

InChI key

YFDLHELOZYVNJE-UHFFFAOYSA-L