Hg2CrO4 → 2 Hg + CrO4

This is an oxidation-reduction (redox) reaction:

2 HgI + 2 e- → 2 Hg0 (reduction)

CrVI - 2 e- → CrVIII (oxidation)

Hg2CrO4 is an oxidizing agent, Hg2CrO4 is a reducing agent.

Reactants:

  • Hg2CrO4

    Products:

    • Hg
      • Names: Mercury source: wikidata, accessed: 2019-09-07source: ICSC, accessed: 2019-09-04, Hg source: wikidata, accessed: 2019-09-07, Quicksilver source: wikidata, accessed: 2019-09-07source: ICSC, accessed: 2019-09-04
      • Appearance: Odourless heavy mobile silvery liquid metal source: ICSC, accessed: 2019-09-04
    • CrO4
    Warning: Unknown compound 'CrO4'