Of mercury

Mercury [) nitrate, HgaCNOsji. Forms dihydrate from aqueous solution (Hg plus cold dilute HNO3). Useful source of mercury(I) compounds. 

Prepared by condensing p-chlorophenol with phlhalic anhydride in sulphuric acid solution in the presence of boric acid. The chlorine atom is replaced by hydroxyl during the condensation. It can also be prepared by oxidation of anthraquinone or 1-hydroxyanthraquinone by means of sulphuric acid in the presence of mercury(ll) sulphate and boric acid. 

As stated above for the TBP distillation, petroleum cannot be heated above 340°C without its molecules starting to crack. Because of this, analytical distillation of heavy fractions is done according to the ASTM D 1160 method for petroleum materials that can be partially or completely vaporized at a maximum temperature of 400°C at pressures from 50 to 1 mm of mercury (6.55 to 0.133 kPa). 

The distillation of crudes chosen for their yield in heavy fractions is the most common means. Bitumen is extracted from the residue from a vacuum distillation column (a few dozen mm of mercury), the latter being fed by atmospheric distillation residue. Unlike the practice of a decade ago, it is now possible to obtain all categories of bitumen, including the hard grades. 

In Fig. III-7 we show a molecular dynamics computation for the density profile and pressure difference P - p across the interface of an argonlike system [66] (see also Refs. 67, 68 and citations therein). Similar calculations have been made of 5 in Eq. III-20 [69, 70]. Monte Carlo calculations of the density profile of the vapor-liquid interface of magnesium how stratification penetrating about three atomic diameters into the liquid [71]. Experimental measurement of the transverse structure of the vapor-liquid interface of mercury and gallium showed structures that were indistinguishable from that of the bulk fluids [72, 73]. 

Some data obtained by Nicholas et al. [150] are given in Table III-3, for the surface tension of mercury at 25°C in contact with various pressures of water vapor. Calculate the adsorption isotherm for water on mercury, and plot it as F versus P. 

It has long been known that the form of a curved surface of mercury in contact with an electrolyte solution depends on its state of electrification [108, 109], and the earliest comprehensive investigation of the electrocapillary effect was made by Lippmann in 1875 [110]. A sketch of his apparatus is shown in Fig. V-10. 

Usually one varies the head of mercury or applied gas pressure so as to bring the meniscus to a fixed reference point [118], Grahame and co-workers [119], Hansen and co-workers [120] (see also Ref. 121), and Hills and Payne [122] have given more or less elaborate descriptions of the capillary electrometer apparatus. Nowadays, the capillary electrometer is customarily used in conjunction with capacitance measurements (see below). Vos and Vos [111] describe the use of sessile drop profiles (Section II-7B) for interfacial tension measurements, thus avoiding an assumption as to the solution-Hg-glass contact angle. 

Because of the large surface tension of liquid mercury, extremely large supersaturation ratios are needed for nucleation to occur at a measurable rate. Calculate rc and ric at 400 K assuming that the critical supersaturation is x = 40,000. Take the surface tension of mercury to be 486.5 ergs/cm. ... 

Using the curve given by the square points in Fig. XVI-2, make the qualitative reconstruction of the original data plot of volume of mercury penetrated per gram versus applied pressure. 

Drain and Morrison (1) report the following data for the adsorption of N2 on rutile at 75 K, where P is in millimeters of mercury and v in cubic centimeters STP per gram. 

Another interesting extension of the FECO teclmique, using a capillary droplet of mercury as the second mirror, was developed by Flom etal [6f]. The light from this special interferometer is analysed in reflection. 

Improved sensitivities can be attained by the use of longer collection times, more efficient mass transport or pulsed wavefomis to eliminate charging currents from the small faradic currents. Major problems with these methods are the toxicity of mercury, which makes the analysis less attractive from an eiivironmental point of view, and surface fouling, which coimnonly occurs during the analysis of a complex solution matrix. Several methods have been reported for the improvement of the pre-concentration step [17,18]. The latter is, in fact. 

The electrode potential of aluminium would lead us to expect attack by water. The inertness to water is due to the formation of an unreactive layer of oxide on the metal surface. In the presence of mercury, aluminium readily forms an amalgam (destroying the original surface) which is. therefore, rapidly attacked by water. Since mercury can be readily displaced from its soluble salts by aluminium, contact with such salts must be avoided if rapid corrosion and weakening of aluminium structures is to be prevented. 

Oxygen can also be prepared by the thermal decomposition of certain solid compounds containing it. These include oxides of the more noble metals, for example of mercury or silver ... 

The adherence of mercury to glass, i.e. tailing in presence of ozone, is probably due to the formation of an oxide. The oxidation of the iodide ion to iodine in solution is used to determine ozone quantitatively. 

Addition of mercury(II) chloride solution to a solution of an iodide gives a scarlet precipitate of mercury(II) iodide, soluble in excess of iodide ... 

The metal is slowly oxidised by air at its boiling point, to give red mercury(II) oxide it is attacked by the halogens (which cannoi therefore be collected over mercury) and by nitric acid. (The reactivity of mercury towards acids is further considered on pp. 436, 438.) It forms amalgams—liquid or solid—with many other metals these find uses as reducing agents (for example with sodium, zinc) and as dental fillings (for example with silver, tin or copper). 

The product, commonly called calomel, is a white solid, insoluble in water in its reactions (as expected) it shows a tendency to produce mercury(II) and mercury. Thus under the action of light, the substance darkens because mercury is formed addition of aqueous ammonia produces the substance HjN—Hg—Hg—Cl, but this also darkens on standing, giving HjN—Hg—Cl and a black deposit of mercury. 

The aqueous solution has a low conductivity, indicating that mercury(II) chloride dissolves essentially as molecules Cl—Hg—Cl and these linear molecules are found in the solid and vapour. A solution of mercury(II) chloride is readily reduced, for example by tin(ll) chloride, to give first white insoluble mercury(I) chloride and then a black metallic deposit of mercury, The complexes formed from mercury(II) chloride are considered below. 

Any solid mercury compound when fused with sodium carbonate yields a grey deposit of mercury. (Caution mercury vapour is formed.)... 

Give the name and formula of one ore of mercury. How is the metal (a) extracted from this ore, (b) purified Starting from the metal, how would you prepare specimens of (c) mercury(I) chloride,... 

In view of the sensitivity of the manometric system, which has a full scale range of about 2 mm of mercury, the final pressure must be reached in stages, repeating the operations described a number of times. 

Corrected Melting-points. In all the above determinations of melting-points, the values obtained are described as uncorrected, since no allowance has been made for the fact that the column of mercury in the thermometer is at a lower temperature than that in the bulb. For most purposes it is sufficient to record this uncorrected value, which is usually only slightly lower than the corrected value. 

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