2B VOLATILE METALS

(Volatile Metals or Zn Family)

Zinc

Cadmium

Mercury

Grp 2B

Zinc & Cadmium

Soft metals

Mercury

Only liquid metal at room temperature

Zinc

Only amphoteric

Grp 2B Volatile Metals / Zinc Family

Exhibit auto complexation

Zinc

Rinman’s Green Test

Zinc

Container for batteries and dry cell, coating for galvanized iron, METAL IN INSULIN, constituent of carbonic anhydrase enzyme

astringent, antiseptic, protectant, antiperpirant

Zinc pcol act.

Deficiency: Anemia and hypogonadism in male, stunted growth, parakeratosis

Zinc deficiency

Toxicity: Metal Fume fever

Antidote: NaHCO3

Zinc toxicity and antidote

Sphalerite

Most common zinc ore

Test. Dithizone

Test for zinc gives + red color extract

aka Burnet’s disinfecting fluid, butter of zinc

aka ZnCl2

Disinfectant, Escharrotic, antiseptic in mouthwashes, dentin desensitizer, use as corrosive

ZnCl2 use

Astring-o-sol

ZnCl2 ing of

Component of Lucas reagent

ZnCl2 component of

Zinc white, Flowers of Zinc, Lassar’s Paste

ZnO zinc oxide aka

Component of Lasaar’s paste (Zinc oxide + Salicylic acid)

Component of Calamine lotion

ZnO component of

antiseptic, protective, astringent

Zinc oxide use

Zinc carbonate 15%

Zinc oxide 5%

Glycerin 5%

Water 5%

Ferric oxide 0.5%

Component of Calamine Lotion

aka WHITE VITRIOL

ZnSO4 Zinc sulfate aka

Use Emetic, astringent, pharmaceutical necessity for white lotion (Zinc sulfate + Saturated potash)

ZnSO4 Zinc sulfate use

White Sulfide

ZnS zinc sulfide aka

Natural Calamine, ZnSiO4 ● H2O

Hydrated Zn Silicate aka

ZnO + Fe2O3

Caladryl

Zinc Eugenol Cement use

Use Dental protectant

Topical protectant

Hydrated Zn Silicate use

Alloy of Zn (30% ZnS and 70% BaS)

Lithopone

Use Manufacture of Stink bomb, Astringent, induces the synthesis of metallothionein, a protein with a high binding affinity for cadmium.

Cadmium use

Itai-itai poisoning (Antidote: BAL)

Cadmium toxicity and antidotev

Cadmium

Management: Palliative therapy

Cadmium

EDTA immediately given after exposure

Anti-infective, emetic, tx of tinea infxn

CdCl2 Cadmium chloride use

CdS only

Yellow Sulfide

Use Component of Capsebon ®, Antiseborrheic

CdS Cadmium sulfide use

Opthalmic antiseptic

CdSO4 Cadmium sulfate use

Aka Messenger of gods, Quick Silver, Liquid Silver, Liquid Metal, Noble Metal

Mercury aka

Use: Manufacture of thermometer, diuretic, antiseptic,

antisyphilitic, cathartic, parasitacidal and fungicidal,

dental permanent cement (amalgams)

Mercury use

Source:

– Cinnabar/Aethrop’s Mineral (HgS)

Mercury source

Mercuryalloys

Minamata Disease (Antidote: EDTA)

Mercury poisoning and antidote

Minamata Disease (Antidote: EDTA)

Best Na formaldehyde sulfoxynate

Emergency Albumin

Arcodynia or Pink disease, Erethism

Mercury Poisoning:

Calomel

Hg2Cl2 Mercurous chloride aka

Use Cathartic, local antiseptic

Hg2Cl2 Mercurous chloride use

Ing of Black lotion: calomel + lime water

Hg2Cl2 Mercurous chloride ing. of

Corrosive sublimate, disinfectant

HgCl2 Mercuric chloride use

Anti-syphylis

Compound 606, Magic bullet, Salversan

HgI Mercurous iodide tx

HgI2 Mercuric iodide

Stimulant for indolent ulcers

Mayers reagent

K2HgI4 (potassium mercuric iodide) Component of

potassium iodide + bismuth nitrate

Dragendorff’s reagent

aka White precipitate

Ammoniated Mercury aka

Use Topical anti-infective

Ammoniated Mercury use

Yellow precipitate

HgO aka

Ophthalmic antibacterial

HgO use