Making Mercuric Chloride (a very toxic mercury salt)

WARNING: THIS IS EXTREMELY TOXIC AND SMALL AMOUNTS CAN EASILY KILL. PLEASE DO NOT MAKE THIS. Today we are making some dangerous mercuric chloride. The final product will be used as a catalyst in the synthesis of aluminum isopropoxide. Procedure: http://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/vi... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Merch - https://nilered.tv/store ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Join the community: Patreon -   / nilered   Discord -   / discord   NileRed Newsletter - https://nile.red/home#newsletter You can also find me here: Facebook -   / nilered2   Instagram -   / nile.red   Twitter -   / nilered2   Nile talks about lab safety:    • Chemistry is dangerous.   Assistant Editor: Chanel Brun-Soroka