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Whalstib
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Hi,
Please explain the states/charges of mercury for me.
Is this right: There is Hg which is 2+ charge and there is Hg<sub>2</sub> which is also 2+ charged. One would never find the monatomic Hg alone is nature only as diatomic Hg<sub>2</sub> but Hg could be found as a single atom in a compound (any of which escape me at the moment).
I compose this as I attempt a simple eqn.:
2I + Hg2->Hg2I2
Hg2 being diatomic is it always designated as (1)Hg2 ion or as 2Hg atoms in such an equation...
BTW Allergy medicine makes chemistry more challenging...Achoo!...sniff...scratch etc...
Thanks,
Warren
Please explain the states/charges of mercury for me.
Is this right: There is Hg which is 2+ charge and there is Hg<sub>2</sub> which is also 2+ charged. One would never find the monatomic Hg alone is nature only as diatomic Hg<sub>2</sub> but Hg could be found as a single atom in a compound (any of which escape me at the moment).
I compose this as I attempt a simple eqn.:
2I + Hg2->Hg2I2
Hg2 being diatomic is it always designated as (1)Hg2 ion or as 2Hg atoms in such an equation...
BTW Allergy medicine makes chemistry more challenging...Achoo!...sniff...scratch etc...
Thanks,
Warren