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mercuric sulfide

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mercuric sulfide

n.

A poisonous compound, HgS, having two forms:

a. Black mercuric sulfide, a black powder obtained from mercury salts or by the reaction of mercury with sulfur, used as a pigment.

b. Red mercuric sulfide, a bright scarlet powder derived from heating mercury with sulfur, used as a pigment.

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