Mercuric Nitrate Preparation
Mercuric Nitrate Preparation
Mercuric Nitrate Preparation
combined with instrumental endpoint detection. Since reagent generating current can be controlled more
easily than volumetric reagent addition devices, many different, more or less titrators have been worked
out and investigated, starting from the early days of instrumental analysis [27].
8.2.3.2.2.1 Reagents
Mercury(II) nitrate titrant (0.005 M):
Preparation: 3.4 g Hg(NO3)2·H2O is dissolved in about 600 cm3 nitric acid (0.01 M). It is kept
for 2 days in a closed container after being filtered and the volume made up to 2 dm3. The
solution needs to be standardized. For this, a mixture of 5 cm3 0.01 M sodium chloride and
10 cm3 distilled water is titrated as it is given previously.
2Cl− + Hg(SCN)2 → HgCl2 + 2SCN−
SCN− + Fe3+ → Fe(SCN)2+
The absorbance is measured at 460 nm. The presence of bromide, iodide, cyanide, thiosulfate, sulfide,
thiocyanate, and nitrite ions, and the original color of the sample interfere with the determinations. The
method can be used in the range of 0.01–10 mg/dm3.