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18HCl + 6Hg(NO3)2 + 14H+ → 9Cl2 + 3Hg22+ + 4NO + 16H2O + 8NO2+

Reaction of hydrogen chloride and mercury(II) nitrate under acidic condition
18HClHydrogen chloride + 6Hg(NO3)2Mercury(II) nitrate + 14H+Hydrogen ion
9Cl2Chlorine + 3Hg22+Dimercury(I) ion + 4NONitrogen monoxide + 16H2OWater + 8NO2+Nitronium ion

The reaction of hydrogen chloride, mercury(II) nitrate, and hydrogen ion yields chlorine, dimercury(I) ion, nitrogen monoxide, water, and nitronium ion (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 hydrogen chloride and mercury(II) nitrate under acidic condition
18HClHydrogen chloride + 6Hg(NO3)2Mercury(II) nitrate + 14H+Hydrogen ion
9Cl2Chlorine + 3Hg22+Dimercury(I) ion + 4NONitrogen monoxide + 16H2OWater + 8NO2+Nitronium ion

General equation

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

Oxidation state of each atom

Reaction of hydrogen chloride and mercury(II) nitrate under acidic condition

Reactants

Chemical formulaNameCoefficientTypeType in general
equation
HClHydrogen chloride18
Reducing
Hardly oxidizable
Hg(NO3)2Mercury(II) nitrate6
Oxidizing
Oxidizing under acidic condition
H+Hydrogen ion14
Hydrogen ion

Products

Chemical formulaNameCoefficientTypeType in general
equation
Cl2Chlorine9
Oxidized
Hg22+Dimercury(I) ion3
Reduced
NONitrogen monoxide4
Reduced
H2OWater16
Water
NO2+Nitronium ion8

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
HCl (g)-92.307[1]-95.299[1]186.908[1]29.12[1]
HCl (ai)-167.159[1]-131.228[1]56.5[1]-136.4[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]
* (g):Gas, (ai):Ionized aqueous solution, (cr):Crystalline solid, (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
Cl2 (g)0[1]0[1]223.066[1]33.907[1]
Cl2 (ao)-23.4[1]6.94[1]121[1]
Hg22+ (ao)172.4[1]153.52[1]84.5[1]
NO (g)90.25[1]86.55[1]210.761[1]29.844[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]
NO2+ (g)967.8[1]
* (g):Gas, (ao):Un-ionized aqueous solution, (cr):Crystalline solid, (l):Liquid

References

List of references

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