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34Cu + 2Hg(NO3)2 + 40H+ 🔥→ 34Cu+ + Hg22+ + 4NH4+ + 12H2O

Reaction of copper and mercury(II) nitrate under acidic condition
34CuCopper + 2Hg(NO3)2Mercury(II) nitrate + 40H+Hydrogen ion
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34Cu+Copper(I) ion + Hg22+Dimercury(I) ion + 4NH4+Ammonium ion + 12H2OWater

The reaction of copper, mercury(II) nitrate, and hydrogen ion yields copper(I) ion, dimercury(I) ion, ammonium ion, and water (Other reactions are here). This reaction is an oxidation-reduction reaction and is classified as follows:

Table of contents
  1. 1Reaction data
  2. 2Thermodynamic changes
  3. 3References
  4. 4Related reactions
  5. 5Related categories

Reaction data

Chemical equation

Reaction of copper and mercury(II) nitrate under acidic condition
34CuCopper + 2Hg(NO3)2Mercury(II) nitrate + 40H+Hydrogen ion
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34Cu+Copper(I) ion + Hg22+Dimercury(I) ion + 4NH4+Ammonium ion + 12H2OWater

General equation

Reaction of oxidizable species and oxidizing species under acidic condition
Oxidizable speciesReducing agent + Oxidizing speciesOxidizing agent + H+Non-redox agent
ProductOxidation product + ProductReduction product + H2ONon-redox product

Oxidation state of each atom

Reaction of copper and mercury(II) nitrate under acidic condition

Reactants

Chemical formulaNameCoefficientTypeType in general
equation
CuCopper34
Reducing
Oxidizable
Hg(NO3)2Mercury(II) nitrate2
Oxidizing
Oxidizing under acidic condition
H+Hydrogen ion40
Hydrogen ion

Products

Chemical formulaNameCoefficientTypeType in general
equation
Cu+Copper(I) ion34
Oxidized
Hg22+Dimercury(I) ion1
Reduced
NH4+Ammonium ion4
Reduced
H2OWater12
Water

Thermodynamic changes

Thermodynamic data of reactants

Chemical formulaStandard enthalpy
of formation
ΔfH°
kJ · mol−1
Standard Gibbs
energy of
formation
ΔfG°
kJ · mol−1
Standard
molar entropy
S°
J · K−1 · mol−1
Standard molar
heat capacity at
constant pressure
Cp°
J · K−1 · mol−1
Cu (cr)0[1]0[1]33.150[1]24.435[1]
Cu (g)338.32[1]298.58[1]166.38[1]20.786[1]
Hg(NO3)2 (cr)
0.5 hydrate
-392.5[1]
H+ (g)1536.202[1]
H+ (ao)0[1]0[1]0[1]0[1]
* (cr):Crystalline solid, (g):Gas, (ao):Un-ionized aqueous solution

Thermodynamic data of products

Chemical formulaStandard enthalpy
of formation
ΔfH°
kJ · mol−1
Standard Gibbs
energy of
formation
ΔfG°
kJ · mol−1
Standard
molar entropy
S°
J · K−1 · mol−1
Standard molar
heat capacity at
constant pressure
Cp°
J · K−1 · mol−1
Cu+ (g)1089.986[1]
Cu+ (ao)71.67[1]49.98[1]40.6[1]
Hg22+ (ao)172.4[1]153.52[1]84.5[1]
NH4+ (ao)-132.51[1]-79.31[1]113.4[1]79.9[1]
H2O (cr)
H2O (l)-285.830[1]-237.129[1]69.91[1]75.291[1]
H2O (g)-241.818[1]-228.572[1]188.825[1]33.577[1]
* (g):Gas, (ao):Un-ionized aqueous solution, (cr):Crystalline solid, (l):Liquid

References

List of references

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