Mercury(I) hydride
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| IUPAC name
Mercury(I) hydride | |
| Other names
Mercurous hydride Mercury monohydride | |
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| Properties | |
| HHg | |
| Molar mass | 201.600 g·mol−1 |
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Cadmium hydride |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Mercury(I) hydride (systematically named mercury hydride) is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula HgH. It has not yet been obtained in bulk, hence its bulk properties remain unknown. However, molecular mercury(I) hydrides with the formulae HgH and Hg
2H
2 have been isolated in solid gas matrices. The molecular hydrides are very unstable toward thermal decomposition. As such the compound is not well characterised, although many of its properties have been calculated via computational chemistry.