Amalgam (chemistry) with copper. A nitric acid solution of salts under investigation is applied to a piece of copper foil, and any mercury ions present will leave spots of silvery-coloured amalgam. Silver ions leave similar spots but are easily washed away, making this a means of distinguishing silver from mercury. The redox reaction involved where mercury oxidizes the copper is: Dental amalgam has been studied and is generally considered to be safe for humans, though the validity of some studies and their conclusions have been questioned. Amalgam (chemistry) An amalgam is an alloy of mercury with another metal, which may be a
Letters in Organic Chemistry disagreement with Bentham on the management of this journal. Letters in Organic Chemistry Letters in Organic Chemistry (usually abbreviated as "Lett. Org. Chem."), is a peer-reviewed monthly scientific journal, published since 2004 by Bentham Science Publishers. "Letters in Organic Chemistry" is indexed in: Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), EBSCOhost, British Library, PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus. "Letters in Organic Chemistry" publishes letters and articles on all areas related to organic chemistry. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the impact factor of this journal was 0.730 in 2016. The Editor-in-Chief was Gwilherm Evano (Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium) until his resignation