Question

Explain refining of mercury(Hg)??? Class 10

Answer 1

Answer:

HgS + O2 gives HgO + SO2

then reduction

HGO gives Hg +O2

when mercury is heated in air its first converted to mercuric oxide then on further heating you get mercury

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Answer 2

Explanation:

In this process temperature of mercury is carefully raised either the impurities of mercury evaporates or mercury itself evaporate.

This distillation process performed three times , with the purity increase each time.

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