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What is the balanced formula for mercuric oxide?

Updated: 9/18/2023
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HgO. The single Mercury cation has a +2 charge, and single oxide anion a -2 charge.

Mercurous oxide would be Hg2O, ie, the mecurous ion is a dimer, therefore it has two mercury atoms, each with a +1 charge. Since the oxide ion has a -2 charge , mercurous oxide is Hg2O.

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