Qualitative Analysis - Result Question 69

####72. Give reasons for, “The colour of mercurous chloride, $Hg _2 Cl _2$, changes from white to black when treated with ammonia.”

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Solution:

  1. Mercurous chloride changes from white to black when treated with ammonia due to formation of metallic $Hg$.


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