单词 | methylmercury |
释义 | > as lemmasmethylmercury methylmercury n. (a) a highly toxic cation, CH3Hg+, compounds of which were formerly used as seed disinfectants, and which may be synthesized in the environment by microbial methylation of inorganic mercury compounds; (b) the toxic liquid dimethylmercury, (CH3)2Hg (rare). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > elements and compounds > metals > specific elements > mercury > [noun] > compounds sublimate1543 precipitate1563 red mercury1582 quicksilver extinct1610 red precipitate1676 mercury fulminate1904 methylmercury1915 mercurochrome1919 mercurial1971 1915 P. E. Spielmann tr. V. von Richter Org. Chem. 188 Silver nitrate changes it to methyl mercury nitrate, CH3Hg.ONO2. 1935 Jrnl. Agric. Sci. 25 636 Dusts were prepared with a range of methyl mercury compounds of varying solubilities. 1970 Atlantic Sept. 25 The Swedes solved their problem by banning the use of one extremely pervasive compound, methylmercury, and shipping it to the United States, where it is now used to treat wheat seed. 1981 M. C. Gerald Pharmacol. (ed. 2) xxxi. 605 In 1969, three members of a New Mexican family of nine were poisoned and suffered severe brain damage after eating a hog that was fed on grain containing methylmercury. 1991 Sea Frontiers Mar. 6/1 The behavioral differences between the two groups of cats may be caused by high levels of methylmercury in the tuna [in cat food]. < as lemmas |
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