Hg + NiSO4 → Ni + HgSO4

This is an oxidation-reduction (redox) reaction:

NiII + 2 e- → Ni0 (reduction)

Hg0 - 2 e- → HgII (oxidation)

NiSO4 is an oxidizing agent, Hg is a reducing agent.

Reactants:

  • 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
  • NiSO4 – Nickel(II) sulfate source: wikipedia, accessed: 2019-09-27source: wikidata, accessed: 2019-09-02
    • Other names: Nickelous sulfate source: wikipedia, accessed: 2019-09-27, Nickel(ii)sulphate source: ICSC, accessed: 2019-09-04, NiSO4 source: wikidata, accessed: 2019-09-02
    • Appearance: Yellow solid (anhydrous) | blue crystals (hexahydrate) | green-blue crystals (heptahydrate) source: wikipedia, accessed: 2019-09-27; Yellow-to-green crystals source: ICSC, accessed: 2019-09-04

Products:

  • Ni
    • Names: Nickel source: wikidata, accessed: 2019-09-07source: ICSC, accessed: 2019-09-04, Ni source: wikidata, accessed: 2019-09-07, Element 28 source: wikidata, accessed: 2019-09-07
    • Appearance: Silvery metallic lustrous solid in various forms source: ICSC, accessed: 2019-09-04
  • HgSO4
    • Names: Mercury(II) sulfate source: wikipedia, accessed: 2019-09-27source: ICSC, accessed: 2019-09-04, Mercuric sulfate source: wikipedia, accessed: 2019-09-27source: wikidata, accessed: 2019-09-02source: ICSC, accessed: 2019-09-04, Mercurypersulfate source: wikipedia, accessed: 2019-09-27
    • Appearance: White monoclinic crystals source: wikipedia, accessed: 2019-09-27; White crystalline powder source: ICSC, accessed: 2019-09-04