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Removing sulfuric acid from HgSO4
I recently created HgSO4 in excess Sulfuric acid. I want to isolate the Mercury sulfate so I decanted the Sulfuric acid as best I can, but I want to
remove the rest of it. I know that HgSO4 in water, so I cant wash the salt with that. Is there any anhydrous organic solvent I could use to remove the
acid?
ps. I know how toxic mercury salts are and I am taking full precautions to avoid exposure.
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Is there a reason why you can't just rehydrate and boil down the solution?
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HgSO4 decomposes in water into sulfuric acid and some other compound that I am not sure of. (According to wikipedia, mercuric subsulfate)
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Steam
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Yes, So what I did was I washed it with acetone. Sulfuric acid forms some sort of milky white liquid with Acetone in heavy excess. Possibly oxidizes
it? I simply kept washing the salt till the acetone wouldn't react with the residual H2SO4.
Nota Bene- I Tried placing some acetone into an excess of Sulfuric acid. What happened was over the course of 2 minutes the 98% sulfuric acid began to
turn red, and the solution became hot. Very hot. Because I didn't want a run-away I diluted the mixture and poured it away.
Any thoughts of what the reaction of H2SO4 and Acetone produces?
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Etaoin Shrdlu
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All kinds of fun stuff.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/03045102898...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldol_condensation
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