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An excess of liquid mercury is added to an acidified solution of 1.0 x 10 –3 M Fe 3+ . It is found that 5% of Fe 3+ remains at equilibrium at 25ºC. Calculate 
assuming that only reaction that occurs is
2Hg + 2Fe 3+ ⎯→ Hg 2 2+ + 2Fe 2+ (Given 
= 0.77 Volts)
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At equilibrium, excess 
At equilibrium, 
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