What is there mercury (II) and (I)?

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What is there mercury (II) and (I)?

2007-04-01 12:23:25 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry

WHEN Hg2 (2+) DISPROPORTIONATES, WHY DOES IT BECOME Hg (s) AND Hg (2+) ?????

2007-04-01 12:32:55 · update #1

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Like many other metals, mercury has more than one valence state. It is Mercury (I) and Mercury (II).

The tricky part is that Mercury (I) forms a polyatomic ion, so that it appears as Hg2 (+2).

A compound of Mercury (I) with chlorine would therefore be

Hg2Cl2

2007-04-01 12:28:30 · answer #1 · answered by reb1240 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋