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Name the compound
HgCl2

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Mercury chloride, HgCl2 (also called bichloride of mercury or corrosive sublimate), is perhaps the commonest bivalent compound. Although extremely toxic, this odourless, colourless substance has a wide variety of applications.
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Magnesium dichloride.
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