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There really is not much difference between Mercurochrome and Merthiolate. Both were used to dress wounds and contained alcohol and Mercury. They were taken off the US market in 1998 because it was thought that they were linked to autism in children.
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Merthiolate hurts like the devil. Mercurochrome not so much.
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What is merthiolate?
thimerosal: a light-colored crystalline powder (trade name Merthiolate) used as a surgical antiseptic.
What is the color of merthiolate?
pink
What contains high levels of mercury?
Thermometers, Merthiolate, and fluorescent lights.
What is the difference between inhibitor and activator?
difference between activator and inhibitor
What is the difference between galvanizing and electroplating?
What is the difference between electroplating and galvanising
What stings more Merthiolate or Mercurochrome?
Without any doubt, merthiolate.
What is the difference between mecuricome and metholiate?
Both Mercurochrome and Merthiolate are topical antiseptic solutions used to prevent infection in minor cuts and scrapes. Mercurochrome contains mercury while Merthiolate contains thimerosal. Thimerosal is a mercury-based compound, but in a different form and concentration compared to the mercury in Mercurochrome.
Which is not a heavy metal Silver nitrate Mercurochrome chlorine merthiolate copper sulfate?
None of the materials listed is a heavy metal, because most of them are compounds, and only elements are ever heavy metals. The only one on the list that does not contain a heavy metal is chlorine, which is a nonmetallic element.
What is merthiolate?
thimerosal: a light-colored crystalline powder (trade name Merthiolate) used as a surgical antiseptic.
Where can you buy Merthiolate?
Amazon has it
What is the color of merthiolate?
pink
Where can you buy Mercurochrome?
You can buy it on Amazon.
Does mercurochrome have mercury in it?
Oddly yes. Mercurochrome is the brand name for merbromine (C20H8Br2HgNa2O6).
What Reddish brown mineral used as a antiseptic?
Merthiolate
Is mercurochrome the same as iodine or what is the difference.?
No, they are both antiseptics, but their chemical nature is different. Iodine solution contains the element iodine as its active ingredient. Mercurochrome is one of the names for merbromin, a salt of a polycyclic compound.
What is the English word of gamot na pula?
Tincture (merthiolate)
Why did they stop making mercurochrome?
It stained and was filled with mercury.
