The freezing-point depression constant for mercuric chloride, HgCl2, is 34.3K/m. A 0.849g sample of mercurous chloride, HgCl (empirical formula) dissolved in 50.0g of HgCl2 causes a freezing-point depression of 1.24K. What is the molecular formula for mercurous chloride? [Note: Mercuric chloride, HgCl2, the solvent in this case, is a mercury(II) compound, while mercurous chloride, HgCl, the solute, is a mercury(I) compound.]

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The freezing-point depression constant for mercuric chloride, HgCl2, is 34.3K/m. A 0.849g sample of mercurous chloride, HgCl (empirical formula) dissolved in 50.0g of HgCl2 causes a freezing-point depression of 1.24K. What is the molecular formula for mercurous chloride? [Note: Mercuric chloride, HgCl2, the solvent in this case, is a mercury(II) compound, while mercurous chloride, HgCl, the solute, is a mercury(I) compound.]

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