boris_73 Posted October 20, 2004 Posted October 20, 2004 is there anyway one could change mercury sulfide to pure mercury
boris_73 Posted October 21, 2004 Author Posted October 21, 2004 there both basicly the same except mercuric has a valency of of 2 and mercurous has a valency of 1, i was just wondering because i was going to make my own from cinnabar but mercury sulphide comes from that, thats why i wanted to know if you could get just mercury not mercury sulphide
Primarygun Posted October 21, 2004 Posted October 21, 2004 mercury(II) sulphide + oxygen -----> mercury + sulphur dioxide DO IT IN A FUME CUPBOARD! Heat is needed. By the way, why lead(II) sulphide react with oxygen to give lead(II) oxide and sulphur dioxide but not pure lead(II)? Reactivity? and the stronger metallic bonding?
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