Waste water from certain industrial chemical processes contains aqueous ions. Since the mercury ion is toxic, it is removed from the waste water by reaction with aqueous sodium sulfide. The products of the reaction are solid mercury( I ) sulfide and aqueous sodium ions.Write a balanced equation for this reaction

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rogue · Answer

$$Hg_2^{2+} (aq) + 2Na_{2}{\S}  (aq)  \rightarrow 2HgS (s)+ 4Na^+ (aq)$$

anonymous · Answer

I agree with Rogue.