Method of making a mercury based compound, mercury based compound, methods of using the mercury based compound and uses of the mercury based compound
OwnerSuneel Navnitdas Parekhinventor
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Abstract
A mercury-based compound is in powder form and has the general chemical formula: M1aXb, where M1 is Hg, MxcMyd or a combination thereof, with Mx being Hg and My being an arbitrary element; wherein X is chloride, bromide, fluoride, iodide, sulphate nitrate or a combination thereof, wherein a, b, c and d are numbers between 0.1 and 10, wherein particles of the powder have a minimum average dimension of width of at least 50 nm and a maximum average dimension of width of at most 20 μm, and wherein the mercury-based compound is paramagnetic and is present in an excited state.
Claims26
A method of fabricating a mercury-based compound, wherein said mercury-based compound is paramagnetic and is present in an excited state, the method comprising the steps of:
- adding a pure mineral acid or a solution of mineral acid, and liquid mercury to a container;
- reacting the liquid mercury and the mineral acid to form a mixture;
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- drying the mixture to form the mercury-based compound in powder form;
- wherein a ratio of said mineral acid to said liquid mercury is in a range of 0.1:1 to 10:1 (mL of the mineral acid to gram of the liquid mercury), and
- wherein the step of drying is carried out at a temperature of 80° to 150° C. for 30 minutes to 10 hours.
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