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M. CHIKASHIGE. 



when dissolved in nitric acid. Heated to 357°, it suffers no further 

 change, but, at 444°, decomposes slowly. The products are then the 

 same as those of heating the residue from the mercuric salt, but only 

 very little free chlorine can be detected. No metallic mercury appears 

 among the products. 



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