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What is the chemical formula for Mercury (I) Phosphate and how to get it

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Hg3PO4

Best way of trying to explain this is to find the valency, cross and cancel.

Mercury Symbol is Hg Valency 1 from Roman Numeral in Bracket.

Phosphate is a complex ion symbol PO4 with valency 3.

Cross over the valencies and cancel the 1 to get Hg3PO4.

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