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Net Ionic Equation Trouble - Help
« on: January 28, 2008, 08:56:54 PM »
Ok.  So I have the following reactants and I need to know what their products will be in Net Ionic Form.  Can someone help me with the NIE and let me know why it happens.  I am mixing.

Hg(s) + HgNH2Cl(s) + HCl(aq) + HNO3(aq) --->

I have been trying to work this out on my own, and for some reason just can't get it.

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Re: Net Ionic Equation Trouble - Help
« Reply #1 on: January 29, 2008, 03:31:28 AM »
First of all - some substances should be in the ionic form from the very beginning. But honestly I am not sure what the reaction of mercuric amidochloride should be, that's not a compound you see every day. Oxidation to Hg(II) seems the most logical.
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Re: Net Ionic Equation Trouble - Help
« Reply #2 on: January 29, 2008, 06:36:00 AM »
THis mixture is formed in the course of inorganic qualitative analysis for Hg(I) detection (1:1 molar ratio)
HgNH2Cl is a covalent compound.
For reaction with aqua regia write down separate reactions for Hg and HgNH2Cl and balance them. Of course, you can dissociate HCl and HNO3, but they are needed for balancing reaction
Hg + HCl + HNO3 = H2HgCl4 + NO + H2O
HgNH2Cl + ...      = H2HgCl4 + NO + H2O + N2
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