To establish the law of conservation of mass, Lavoisier

Chapter 19, Problem 53

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To establish the law of conservation of mass, Lavoisier carefully studied the decomposition of mercury(II) oxide: At and (a) Show that the partial pressure of in equilibrium with HgO(s) and Hg(l) at is extremely low. (b) What conditions do you suppose Lavoisier used to obtain significant quantities of oxygen?

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