Why is mercuric chloride added?



Why is mercuric chloride added?..

Answer / Ashfaq Khan

Mercuric chloride is often added to silver nitrate solutions to prevent the formation of white silver chloride precipitate. Mercuric ions react with silver ions to form soluble complexes, preventing the precipitation of silver chloride.

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