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What type of reaction is #HgO -> Hg + O_2#?

Answer 1

Decomposition reaction

Reddish Mercury(II)oxide solid is decomposed (broken down) upon heating into silver liquid mercury and colourless oxygen gas. The full balanced chemical equation is #2HgO->2Hg+O_2#

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Answer 2

Caleb Adams

This is a decomposition reaction.

#HgO(s) rarr Hg(l) + 1/2O_2(g)#

Because mercuric oxide is fairly stable, you have to heat it fairly fiercely. You end up with a test tube where mercury metal condenses on the top of the test tube. Of course, this reaction is performed in an efficient fume hood, because you don't want to inhale mercury metal. The decomposition reaction of cinnabar, mercuric sulfide, #HgS#, is much more facile.

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Answer 3

Serenity Allen

The reaction ( \text{HgO} \rightarrow \text{Hg} + \text{O}_2 ) is a decomposition reaction.

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Answer from HIX Tutor

When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.

What type of reaction is #HgO -&gt; Hg + O_2#?

What type of reaction is #HgO -> Hg + O_2#?