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Redox equation
« on: May 18, 2005, 07:06:56 PM »
I am having a hard time understanding this redox equation.

Hg2Cl2 -> Hg22+ + 2Cl-

What are the oxidation numbers for all the elements in this equation?

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Re:Redox equation
« Reply #1 on: May 18, 2005, 07:15:55 PM »
Hg2Cl2 -> Hg22+ + 2Cl-
+1 ,-1-->    2+      , -1

sorry, I am not sure if it's right

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Re:Redox equation
« Reply #2 on: May 18, 2005, 07:28:09 PM »
I am having a hard time understanding this redox equation.

There is no redox reaction here, this is simple dissociation. Both Hg in Hg2(2+) can be trated as +1.
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Re:Redox equation
« Reply #3 on: May 18, 2005, 08:05:59 PM »
But here http://www.qivx.com/ispt/elements/ptw_080.php it says it is a redox equation. Also, I took the equation from a chemistry problem in which you have to identify dismutations among a number of given equations, and this was one them.  The solution to the problem says this is not a dismutation but I don't understand how it is a redox equation either.


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Re:Redox equation
« Reply #4 on: May 19, 2005, 01:15:07 AM »
But this link shows this reaction:
Hg2Cl2 + 2e- => 2Hg + 2Cl-
   reduction
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