Red precipitate

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(Old. Chem)	mercuric oxide (HgO) a heavy red crystalline powder obtained by heating mercuric nitrate, or by heating mercury in the air. Prepared in the latter manner, it was the precipitate per se of the alchemists.
	See under Precipitate.

See also: Precipitate Red

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