soluble in nitric acid, acetone, ammonia insoluble in ethanol
Magnetic susceptibility (χ)
−74.0·10−6 cm3/mol
Hazards
GHS labelling:
Pictograms
Signal word
Danger
Hazard statements
H272, H300, H310, H330, H373, H410
NFPA 704 (fire diamond)
301OX
Flash point
Nonflammable
Safety data sheet (SDS)
ICSC 0980
Related compounds
Other anions
Mercury(II) sulfateMercury(II) chloride
Other cations
Zinc nitrateCadmium nitrate
Related compounds
Mercury(I) nitrate
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Chemical compound
Mercury(II) nitrate is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula Hg(NO3)2. It is the mercury(II) salt of nitric acid HNO3. It contains mercury(II) cations Hg2+ and nitrate anions NO−3, and water of crystallization H2O in the case of a hydrous salt. Mercury(II) nitrate forms hydrates Hg(NO3)2·xH2O. Anhydrous and hydrous salts are colorless or white soluble crystalline solids that are occasionally used as a reagents. Mercury(II) nitrate is made by treating mercury with hot concentrated nitric acid. Neither anhydrous nor monohydrate has been confirmed by X-ray crystallography.[1] The anhydrous material is more widely used.[clarification needed]
Uses
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Mercury(II) nitrate is used as an oxidizing agent in organic synthesis, as a nitrification agent, as an analytical reagent in laboratories, in the manufacture of felt, and in the manufacture of mercury fulminate.[2] An alternative qualitative Zeisel test can be done with the use of mercury(II) nitrate instead of silver nitrate, leading to the formation of scarlet red mercury(II) iodide.[3]
Health information
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Mercury compounds are highly toxic. The use of this compound by hatters and the subsequent mercury poisoning of said hatters is a common theory of where the phrase "mad as a hatter" came from.
See also
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Mercury
The Hatter
Mercury poisoning
Gilding
References
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^Nolte, M.; Pantenburg, I.; Meyer, G. (9 December 2005). "The Monohydrate of Basic Mercuric Nitrate, [Hg(OH)](NO3)(H2O)". Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie (in German). 632 (1). Wiley Publishing: 111–113. doi:10.1002/zaac.200500344. ISSN 0044-2313. Archived from the original on 27 November 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
^"Mercury nitrate monohydrate". Chemical Book. 2023. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
^Wang, Zerong (2010). "Zeisel Determination". Comprehensive Organic Name Reactions and Reagents. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 3115–3118. doi:10.1002/9780470638859.conrr689. ISBN 9780470638859.
Safety data (MSDS)[permanent dead link] (link not traceable 11/14/2013)
Mercuric Nitrate (ICSC)
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Mercury Information Packages
How to Make Good Mercury Electrical Connections, Popular Science monthly, February 1919, Unnumbered page, Scanned by Google Books: https://books.google.com/books?id=7igDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT14
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Mercury compounds
Mercury(I)
HgH
Hg2H2
Hg2Br2
Hg2Cl2
Hg2F2
Hg2I2
Hg2(NO3)2
Hg2O
Hg2SO4
Hg2S (hypothetical)
Mercury(II)
HgH2
HgNH2Cl
HgSe
HgS
HgTe
Hg(O2CCH3)2
HgBr2
HgCl2
Hg(CN)2
HgF2
Hg(OH)2
HgI2
Hg(NO3)2
HgO
Hg(ClO4)2
HgSO4
Hg(SCN)2
Hg(CNO)2
Hg3N2
Hg(Si(CH3)3)2
K2HgI4
Organomercury compounds
Hg(CH3)2
Hg(C2H5)2
Hg(C6H5)2
HgC6H5CH3CO2
HgC6H5OB(OH)2
HgC6H5NO3
HgC6H5CCl3
HgClC6H4CO2H
HgOHCH2CHOCH3CH2(NHCO)
C36H70HgO4
HgOHCH2CHOCH3CH2NHCOC6H4OCH2CO2H
Na2HgOHC6HOBrC6H2OBrOCHC6H4CO2
HgOC6H2CH3NO2
NaHgC2H5SC6H4CO2
Mercury(IV)
HgF4 (hypothetical)
Amalgams
Na(Hg)
Al(Hg)
K(Hg)
Au(Hg)
Tl(Hg)
Sn(Hg)
Mercury cations
Hg2+
Hg2+2
Hg2+3
Hg2+4
Hg4+3
HgCH+3
HgC2H+5
HgC6H+5
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Salts and covalent derivatives of the nitrate ion
HNO3
He
LiNO3
Be(NO3)2
B(NO3)−4
RONO2+CO3+C2O4
NO3−NH4NO3
HOONO2
FNO3+F
Ne
NaNO3
Mg(NO3)2
Al(NO3)3Al(NO3)−4
Si
P
+SO4
ClONO2+Cl
Ar
KNO3
Ca(NO3)2
Sc(NO3)3
Ti(NO3)4
VO(NO3)3
Cr(NO3)3
Mn(NO3)2
Fe(NO3)2Fe(NO3)3
Co(NO3)2Co(NO3)3
Ni(NO3)2
CuNO3Cu(NO3)2
Zn(NO3)2
Ga(NO3)3
Ge
As
+SeO3
BrNO3+Br
Kr
RbNO3
Sr(NO3)2
Y(NO3)3
Zr(NO3)4
NbO(NO3)3
MoO2(NO3)2
Tc
Ru(NO3)3
Rh(NO3)3
Pd(NO3)2
AgNO3
Cd(NO3)2
In(NO3)3
Sn(NO3)4
Sb4O4(OH)2(NO3)2
Te
INO3+IO3
Xe(NO3)2
CsNO3
Ba(NO3)2
*
Lu(NO3)3
Hf(NO3)4
TaO(NO3)3
WO2(NO3)2
ReO3NO3
Os
Ir3O(NO3)10
Pt(NO3)2Pt(NO3)4
Au(NO3)−4
Hg2(NO3)2Hg(NO3)2
TlNO3Tl(NO3)3
Pb(NO3)2
Bi(NO3)3BiO(NO3)
Po(NO3)4
At
Rn
FrNO3
Ra(NO3)2
**
Lr
Rf
Db
Sg
Bh
Hs
Mt
Ds
Rg
Cn
Nh
Fl
Mc
Lv
Ts
Og
*
La(NO3)3
Ce(NO3)3Ce(NO3)4
Pr(NO3)3
Nd(NO3)3
Pm(NO3)3
Sm(NO3)3
Eu(NO3)3
Gd(NO3)3
Tb(NO3)3
Dy(NO3)3
Ho(NO3)3
Er(NO3)3
Tm(NO3)3
Yb(NO3)3
**
Ac(NO3)3
Th(NO3)4
PaO(NO3)3
U(NO3)4UO2(NO3)2
Np(NO3)4NpO(NO3)3NpO2NO3NpO2(NO3)2
Pu(NO3)3Pu(NO3)4PuO2(NO3)2
Am(NO3)3AmO2(NO3)2
Cm(NO3)3
Bk(NO3)3
Cf(NO3)3
Es(NO3)3
Fm
Md
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