Both mercury and silver button batteries (such as those used in many watches) operate through a redox reaction involving zinc. The balanced equation for the overall reaction in a mercury button battery is given below. (Spectator ions have been omitted.) Zn (s) + HgO(s) –→ ZnO(s) + Hg(1) Reduction half-reactions are as follows: ZnO(s) + H,0(1) + 2e - Zn(s) + 20H¯(aq);E°=-1.25V Hgo(s) + H,0(1) +2e¯= Hg(1) + 20H¯(aq);E° = +0.0997V

Both mercury and silver button batteries (such as those used in many watches) operate through a redox reaction involving zinc. The balanced equation for the overall reaction in a mercury button battery is given below. (Spectator ions have been omitted.) Zn (s) + HgO(s) –→ ZnO(s) + Hg(1) Reduction half-reactions are as follows: ZnO(s) + H,0(1) + 2e - Zn(s) + 20H¯(aq);E°=-1.25V Hgo(s) + H,0(1) +2e¯= Hg(1) + 20H¯(aq);E° = +0.0997V

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