Multiple choice

Mercury tree is formed by

  1. pouring mercury into silver nitrate solution

  2. heating of Hg with current chlorine

  3. reaction of ammonia with HgCl2

  4. reaction of HgCl2 with excess of potassium iodide

  5. None of these
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Explanation

This option is correct because when a little amount of mercury is poured into silver nitrate solution, a tree-like growth of silver amalgam is produced called mercury tree.

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