Oddly yes. Mercurochrome is the brand name for merbromine (C20H8Br2HgNa2O6).
It stained and was filled with mercury.
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.
No, actually Mercurochrome(C20H8Br2HgNa2O6) in not a chromate, and in fact it does not contain any chromium. It is actually an organic complex which contains mercury.
Merbromin is found in some antiseptics. A common brand name is Mercurochrome. Mercury-containing compounds like this have not been legally sold in the United States since 1998.
You can buy it on Amazon.
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.
It will affect the growth of the bacteria.
Mercurochrome
They are basically the same for minor cuts - either would be good. Iodine might sting more than mercurochrome but most people don't mind it.
Merbromin (marketed as Mercurochrome, Merbromine, Sodium mercurescein, Asceptichrome, Supercrome and Cinfacromin) is an antiseptic used for minor cuts and scrapes.=It is no longer used because it contains mercury. Merbromin is an organomercuric disodium salt compound and a fluorescein.=
Without any doubt, merthiolate.
Dole, mole (the animal or measurement), coal, sole/soul.