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Mercury nitride
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<p>In <a href="/facts/Chemistry/SrNqkGVm">chemistry</a>, mercury nitrides are <a href="/facts/Chemical_compound/37FXqqtv">chemical compounds</a> that contain <a href="/facts/Mercury_(element)/WlxfoHva">mercury</a> cations and <a href="/facts/Nitride/9vkrCbJ4">nitride</a> anions. Binary mercury nitrides, e.g. Hg3N2, are not well characterized and are probably unstable in the <a href="/facts/Condensed_phase/EBVI5nmL">condensed phase</a> under ordinary conditions. A nitride of mercury has been reported in the form of [Hg2N](NO3). This reddish solid adopts a network structure consisting of NHg4 tetrahedra linked by nitrate <a href="/facts/Ligand/6etB3qeW">ligands</a>. </p>