Question #8e83b

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Feb 21, 2017

#"Mercuric bromide........."#

Explanation:

Or #"mercury(II) bromide"#. And #Hg_2Br_2# is #"mercurous bromide"#. What are the oxidation states of mercury in each salt?

Feb 21, 2017

#"HgBr"_2"# is mercury (II) bromide.

Explanation:

Since bromide anions always have a #1^(-)# charge, and there are two bromide ions in the formula, the overall charge for the bromide part of the compound is #2^(-)#. This compound is neutral, which means that the mercury cation must have a #2^(+)# charge, and is therefore the mercury (II) cation.

Therefore, #"HgBr"_2"# is mercury (II) bromide.

If you go to the following site, you will see that #"HgBr"_2"# has many names, but usually it is called mercury (II) bromide. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/24612#section=Top