| Names | |
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| IUPAC name mercury dihydroxide | |
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| Properties | |
| H2HgO2 | |
| Molar mass | 234.605 |
| −100.00·10−6 cm3/mol | |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in theirstandard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). | |
Mercury(II) hydroxide ormercuric hydroxide is the metalhydroxide with thechemical formula Hg(OH)2. The compound has not been isolated in pure form, although it has been the subject of several studies.[1] Attempts to isolate Hg(OH)2 yield yellow solidHgO.
The solid has produced it by irradiating a frozen mixture of mercury, oxygen and hydrogen. The mixture had been produced by evaporating mercury atoms at 50 °C into a gas consisting of neon, argon or deuterium (in separate experiments) plus 2 to 8% hydrogen and 0.2 to 2.0% oxygen. The mixture was then condensed at 5kelvins onto acaesium iodide window, through which it could be irradiated.[2]
