According to the newspaper account given by the link it was first prepared by Acharya P. C. Ray.
HgNO3: mercurous nitrate is the earlier name for mercury (I) nitrate.
One useful nugget is that essentially ALL nitrates are soluble - even mercurous nitrate, though essentially all mercurous salts are insoluble.
According to the newspaper account given by the link it was first prepared by Acharya P. C. Ray.
Mercurous nitrate is mercury (I) nitrate and has the formula Hg2(NO3)2. This is not a typo, Apparently the compound is stable with two Hg atoms, but not with one. Mercurous sulfate is mercury (I) sulfate, and has the formula Hg2SO4. Lead (II) nitrate has the formula Pb(NO3)2, and lead (II) sulfate has the formula PbSO4. The following is the balanced chemical equation. PbSO4 + Hg2(NO3)2 ---> Pb(NO3)2 + Hg2SO4 However, this reaction would not occur. In order for this type of reaction (a double replacement) to occur, the reactants must be dissolved in an aqueous solution. Lead sulfate is an insoluble solid in water. So the equation should really look like this: PbSO4 + Hg2(NO3)2 ---> no reaction The double replacement reaction involving these compounds would be: Pb(NO3)2(aq) + Hg2SO4(aq) ---> PbSO4(s) + Hg2(NO3)2(aq)
The formula for mercurous chloride (Hg2Cl2). It is also called mercury(I) chloride.
HgNO3: mercurous nitrate is the earlier name for mercury (I) nitrate.
Essentially ALL the metallic nitrates are soluble, even mercurous nitrate, perhaps the only mercurous salt that is soluble.
One useful nugget is that essentially ALL nitrates are soluble - even mercurous nitrate, though essentially all mercurous salts are insoluble.
Mercury could be reacted with Nitric acid to form Mercurous nitrate. Since hydrogen is less reactive than mercury, therefore mercury would not replace hydrogen from nitric acid but the nitrate ion could oxidize mercury ion and form mercurous chloride .
Hg22+ + NO3- -----> Hg2(NO3)2
ag+hg gives aghg
CAUTION: Do not perform this experiment anywhere except an fume-hood as it produces highly toxic Mercury vaporsOn boiling Mercurous nitrate in the presence of light, it disproportionates into elemental Mercury and Mercuric nitrate.Hg2(NO3)2 ----> Hg + Hg(NO3)2
According to the newspaper account given by the link it was Acharya P. C. Ray.
Mercurous nitrate or mercury (I) nitrate, assuming that the formula given was the best approximation available to the questioner for Hg2(NO3)2.
Sodium chloride is NaCl. Mercourous nitrate is Hg2(NO3)2. The product of the reaction between these two compounds is Hg2Cl2, an insoluble salt.
According to the newspaper account given by the link it was first prepared by Acharya P. C. Ray.
The reaction is:Hg2(NO3)2 + 2 LiCl = 2 LiNO3 + Hg2Cl2