Wash of Acetate of Iron

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Source: The London dispensatory by Thomson, Anthony Todd, 1778-1849 (1811), materia-522-9.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

• Acetate of Iron: 525 mav form; wash these with cold distilled water, and dry them upon paper with a very gentle heat. <¢ In the whole of this process glass vessels must be used.” Acetic acid scarcely acts on mercury, but by either of the above processes the acetate may be formed, Nitrate of mer- cury is first obtained by the action of the nitric acid on the mercury; and this is decomposed by the acetate of potass, the alkah of which

Method as extracted

1. Mix according to the source passage: 525 mav form; wash these with cold distilled water, and dry them upon paper with a very gentle heat. <¢ In the whole of this process glass vessels must be used.” Acetic acid scarcely acts on mercury, but by either of the above processes the acetate may be formed, Nitrate of mer- cury is first obtained by the action of the nitric acid on the mercury; and this is decomposed by the acetate of potass, the alkah of which unites with the acid of the metallic salt, and forms nitrate of potass, which remains in solution; while the disengaged acetic acid combines with the oxide of mercury, and forms the acetate of mercury, which readily crystallizes, and is thus easily separated.

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