Mercury compound definition
Mercury compound means any substance consisting of atoms of mercury and one or more atoms of other chemical elements that can be separated into different components only by chemical reactions;
Mercury compound means a substance composed of elemental mercury and one or more other chemical elements in fixed proportions.
Mercury compound means any substance consisting of atoms of mercury, and one or more atoms of other chemical elements that can be separated into different components only by chemical reactions. This includes mercury (I) chloride (known also as calomel), mercury (II) oxide, mercury (II) sulphate, mercury (II) nitrate, cinnabar and mercury sulphide;