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What do you understand by tailing of mercury ?

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answered Oct 16, 2019 by KumarManish (57.6k points)
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Mercury is a mobile liquid but in presence of ozone it loses its mobility due to the formation of mercury suboxide and starts sticking to the glass. This is called as tailing of mercury.

2Hg + O₃ → Hg₂O + O₂

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