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Chemistry Forums for Students => High School Chemistry Forum => Topic started by: Portomar1970 on December 12, 2016, 07:11:26 PM
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Good evening,
My question is "What is the usual charge of the element mercury?" I thought the usual charge of the element mercury could be +1 or +2 depending on what compound it's in. Is that correct?
Thank you
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Every texbook on general or inorganic chemistry contains this information, moreover any periodic table.
In the case of lack of this sources you may search Wikipedia.
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Thank you
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oxidation_states_of_the_elements
De nada.
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If you haven't figured it out its neither :P
edit: unless you weren't specifically talking about ELEMENTAL mercury but a mercury COMPOUND like mercury nitrate.