Alluminium amalgam using Hg(I)Cl

[Bandil]

Hi!

I have alot of mercury(I)chloride lying around. Is this suited for amalgation, to the same extent as mercury(II)chloride? I can remember i read something about mercury(I) being used for amalgation, but i cant remeber the exact ref.

Thanks!

Regards
Peter

[PEYOTE]

See on:

https://www.thevespiary.org/rhodium/Rhodium/chemistry/hg2cl2.txt

[terbium]

I think I have seen people say that it will work. The problem is that it is very insoluble in water. I wonder if adding some hypochlorite to a suspension of the calomel in water would oxidize it to the more soluble mercuric chloride?

[Osmium]

It works fine. Any Hg salt which is at least somewhat soluble will work.