Describe the extraction of Mercury metal from its ore Cinnabar with reaction (hgs)
Answers
Answered by
1
The process of extraction of Mercury metal from its ore Cinnabar (HgS). Most of the world's mercury is obtained from its main ore, cinnabar or vermillion with the chemical structure mercury sulphide (HgS). Cinnabar is usually found in a massive or granular form but can also occur as small crystals.Nov 21, 2018
Answered by
1
HgS=====HgO+SO2(heating process)
HgO +2Na===Na2O+Hg(reduction with sodium metal)
HgO +2Na===Na2O+Hg(reduction with sodium metal)
Similar questions