2B: Volatile Metals

Question 1

• Metals have relatively low melting pt.
• Exhibits auto complexation / form complex ion

Answer 1

Volatile metals

Question 1

Volatile metals

Answer 1

Zn+2, Cd+2, Hg+1+2

Question 2

• immune-stimulant also Ge (CONZACE - Zn, Vits A, C, & E)
• (+) insulin

Answer 2

Zinc

Question 3

Uses of Zinc is similar to ______ and _______

Answer 3

Al and Zr

Question 4

antidote for parakeratosis

Answer 4

NaHCO3

Question 4

(+) Stink bomb manufacture

Answer 4

Cadmium

Question 4

Uses of zinc

Answer 4

• astringent
• antiseptic
• antiperspirant
• protectant

Question 5

Deficiency of Zinc

Answer 5

• parakeratosis

Question 6

Cadmium has high affinity for:

Answer 6

metallothioproteins (stress proteins)

Question 7

Poisoning of cadmium

Answer 7

Itai-itai/painful bone disease (osteomalacia - bone softening)

Question 8

Other terms for Mercury

Answer 8

• Hydrargyrum
• Quicksilver
• Messenger of God
• Asoge (tagalog)

Question 9

2 forms of mercury

Answer 9

• Mercurous (Hg2^2+)
• Mercuric (Hg^2+)

Question 10

Less toxic (more difficult to absorb)

(mercury)

Answer 10

Mercurous

Question 11

Toxic forms of mercury

Answer 11

• Hg+2 > Hg,+2
• Org. Hg > lnorg. Hg

Question 12

Mercury is the only ____ metal

Answer 12

Liquid

Question 13

mercury is used in:

Answer 13

-Thermometers
- amalgams (dental cement)

Question 14

Sources of mercury

Answer 14

Cinnabar (Aethrop’s mineral), & HgS

Question 15

Uses of mercury

Answer 15

• Protein precipitant (heavy metal),
• Antiseptic tx of syphilis,
• parasiticide,
• fungicide,
• cathartic,
• diuretic (useful for cardiac edema)
• remove Hg that falls into cracks, cover w/ sulfur to form HgS

Question 16

Disease from mercury

Answer 16

Minamata (from fish)

Question 17

Antidote for minamata

Answer 17

EDTA