592-04-1 Mercury cyanide(Hg(CN)2)

Name: Mercury cyanide(Hg(CN)2)
Synonyms: Cianurina;Dicyanomercury; Mercuric cyanide; Mercuric cyanide (Hg(CN)2); Mercurydicyanide; Mercury(II) cyanide
CAS Number:592-04-1
Molecular Formula:C2Hg N2
Molecular Weight:252.63
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Density:g/cm³
Boiling Point:°Cat760mmHg
Flash Point:°C
Safety Description:Poison by ingestion, subcutaneous, intravenous, and intraperitoneal routes. Human systemic effects by ingestion: nausea or vomiting, hypermotility, diarrhea, kidney changes, somnolence. Hydrolyzes to toxic fumes. A friction- and impact-sensitive explosive. It may initiate detonation of liquid hydrogen cyanide. Incompatible with fluorine, magnesium, sodium nitrite. When heated to decomposition it emits very toxic fumes of Hg, NO_x, and CN⁻. See also CYANIDE and MERCURY COMPOUNDS, INORGANIC; MERCURY COMPOUNDS, ORGANIC.
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