Packaging and storage—
Preserve in well-closed, light-resistant containers.
Identification—
A:
A 0.1-g portion is soluble, with the evolution of ammonia, in a cold solution of 1 g of sodium thiosulfate in 2 mL of water. When this solution is heated gently, a rust-colored mixture is formed, from which a red precipitate is obtained on centrifugation. If the solution is strongly heated, a black mixture forms.
B:
When heated with 1 N sodium hydroxide, it becomes yellow, and ammonia is evolved.
C:
A solution in warm acetic acid yields with
potassium iodide TS a red precipitate, which is soluble in an excess of the reagent. The solution yields a white precipitate with
silver nitrate TS.
Mercurous compounds—
Dissolve 2.5 g in 25 mL of warm hydrochloric acid, filter through a tared filtering crucible, wash with water, and dry at 60
to constant weight: the weight of the residue does not exceed 5 mg (0.2%).
Assay—
Mix about 0.25 g of Ammoniated Mercury, accurately weighed, with about 10 mL of water. Add 3 g of potassium iodide, mix occasionally until dissolved, and add about 40 mL of water. Add methyl red TS, and titrate with 0.1 N hydrochloric acid VS. Perform a blank determination, and make any necessary correction. Each mL of 0.1 N hydrochloric acid is equivalent to 12.60 mg of Hg(NH2)Cl.
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not more than 0.2%.