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Mercurous chloride black on adding `NH_(4)OH` to it. Explain.

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`Hg_(2)+Cl_(2)+NH_(4)OHtounderset("Black")ubrace(Hg-NH_(2)Cl+Hg)`
this is used to detect mercurous ions.
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