HyperDic: corrosive_sublimate

English > 1 sense of the expression corrosive sublimate:
NOUNsubstancecorrosive sublimate, mercuric chloride, mercury chloride, bichloride of mercurya white poisonous soluble crystalline sublimate of mercury
English > corrosive sublimate: 1 sense > noun 1, substance
MeaningA white poisonous soluble crystalline sublimate of mercury; used as a pesticide or antiseptic or wood preservative.
Synonymsmercuric chloride, mercury chloride, bichloride of mercury
BroadersublimateThe product of vaporization of a solid
Spanishbicloruro de mercurio, cloruro de mercurio, cloruro mercurioso, solimán, sublimado corrosivo
Catalanclorur de mercuri, sulimat corrosiu

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