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Is mercuric nitrate an element?

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Answer:

No, it is a compound of three elements: mercury, nitrogen and oxygen with the formula Hg(NO₃)₂.
Hint: if a substance has a two-part name it is almost never an element (unless one of the words refers to the state, i.e. solid, liquid, metal, gas)

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