Mercuric oxide (HgO) is a red powder. Wh...

Mercuric oxide (HgO) is a red powder. When heated in a dry test tube, it gives out liquid mercury and colourless oxygen gas as : Mercuric oxide `to` Mercury + Oxygen What conclusion will you draw regarding these three substances : mercuric oxide, mercury and oxygen?

Text Solution

AI Generated Solution

To analyze the reaction of mercuric oxide (HgO) when heated and draw conclusions about the three substances involved, we can follow these steps: ### Step-by-Step Solution: 1. **Identify the Reaction:** - When mercuric oxide (HgO) is heated, it decomposes into two products: liquid mercury (Hg) and oxygen gas (O₂). - The reaction can be represented as: \[ ...

Topper's Solved these Questions

IS MATTER AROUND US PURE ?
MTG IIT JEE FOUNDATION|Exercise NCERT SECTION|45 Videos
IS MATTER AROUND US PURE ?
MTG IIT JEE FOUNDATION|Exercise EXERCISE (MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS-LEVEL-1)|30 Videos
IS MATTER AROUND US PURE ?
MTG IIT JEE FOUNDATION|Exercise OLYMPIAD/ HOTS CORNER|20 Videos
FOOTSTEPS TOWARDS(CBSE BOARD)
MTG IIT JEE FOUNDATION|Exercise SECTION-D|14 Videos
MATTER IN OUR SURROUNDINGS
MTG IIT JEE FOUNDATION|Exercise OLYMPIAD/HOTS CORNER|15 Videos

What will be the mass of mercuric oxide if 92.6 g of mercury reacts with 7.4 g of oxygen?

100 g

85.2 g

92.6 g

7.4 g

Assertion : In presence of ozone, mercury loses its meniscus and sticks to glasses. This is called tailing of mercury Reason: Tailing of mercury is due to the formation of mercurous oxide

Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and Statement-II is correct explanation of Statement-I

Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and Statement-II is not correct explanation of Statement-I

Statement-I is correct and Statement-II is not correct

Statement-I is not correct and Statement-II is correct

On heating blue coloured powder of copper nitrate in boiling tube, copper oxide (black), oxygen gas and brown coloured gas (x) is formed. What is 'x' ?

`N_(2)O_(3)`

`N_(2)O`

`NO_(2)`