Mercury oxide can refer to:
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Mercury(I) oxide
Mercury(I) oxide, also known as mercurous oxide, is an inorganic metal oxide with the chemical formula Hg2O.
It is a brown/black powder, insoluble in water but soluble in nitric acid. With hydrochloric acid, it reacts to form calomel, Hg2Cl2. M ...
(mercurous oxide), Hg
2O
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Mercury(II) oxide
Mercury(II) oxide, also called mercuric oxide or simply mercury oxide, is the inorganic compound with the formula Hg O. It has a red or orange color. Mercury(II) oxide is a solid at room temperature and pressure. The mineral form montroydite is ...
(mercuric oxide), HgO
See also
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Montroydite
Montroydite is the mineral form of mercury(II) oxide with formula HgO. It is a rare mercury mineral. It was first described for an occurrence in the mercury deposit at Terlingua, Texas, Terlingua, Texas and named for Montroyd Sharp who was an owne ...
, the mineral form of mercury(II) oxide
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