Chemicals and Drugs

Mercury Isotopes

Stable mercury atoms that have the same atomic number as the element mercury but differ in atomic weight. Hg-196, 198-201, and 204 are stable mercury isotopes.

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Stable mercury atoms that have the same atomic number as the element mercury but differ in atomic weight. Hg-196, 198-201, and 204 are stable mercury isotopes.

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  • Mercury Isotope
  • Isotope, Mercury
  • Isotopes, Mercury

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24 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.

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68(67)

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  • Chlormerodrin (1966)
  • Diuretics, Mercurial (1966)
  • Mercury (1966)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Mercury Isotopes. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D008629. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D008629
  2. Mercury Isotopes. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isotopes_of_mercury
  3. Mercury Isotopes. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1321353