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Why is ozone not collected over mercury?

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Ozone is not collected over mercury because it oxidises Hg to `Hg_2O`. The reaction is as follows:
`{:(" "O_3 rarr O_2+O),((2Hg+O rarr Hg_2O)/(O_3+2Hg rarr Hg_2O+O_2)):}`
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