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2006-06-13 22:45:41 · 13 answers · asked by Kochuvava 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Mercury, also called quicksilver, is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Hg (from the Latinized Greek hydrargyrum, for watery [or liquid] silver) and atomic number 80. A heavy, silvery transition metal, mercury is one of five elements that are liquid at or near standard room temperature (the others are the metals caesium, francium, and gallium, and the nonmetal bromine). Mercury is used in dental amalgam as well as thermometers, barometers and other scientific apparatus, although the use of mercury in thermometers has been largely phased out in clinical and scientific environments (in favor of alcohol-filled, digital or thermistor-based replacements) due to concerns about the element's toxicity. Mercury is mostly obtained by reduction from the mineral cinnabar.
2006-06-13 22:47:59 · answer #1 · answered by junk_mail_100 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Mercury, also called quicksilver, is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Hg (from the Latinized Greek hydrargyrum, for watery [or liquid] silver) and atomic number 80. A heavy, silvery transition metal, mercury is one of five elements that are liquid at or near standard room temperature (the others are the metals caesium, francium, and gallium, and the nonmetal bromine). Mercury is used in dental amalgam as well as thermometers, barometers and other scientific apparatus, although the use of mercury in thermometers has been largely phased out in clinical and scientific environments (in favor of alcohol-filled, digital or thermistor-based replacements) due to concerns about the element's toxicity. Mercury is mostly obtained by reduction from the mineral cinnabar.
2006-06-13 22:59:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mercury, also called quicksilver, is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Hg (from the Latinized Greek hydrargyrum, for watery [or liquid] silver) and atomic number 80. A heavy, silvery transition metal, mercury is one of five elements that are liquid at or near standard room temperature (the others are the metals caesium, francium, and gallium, and the nonmetal bromine). Mercury is used in dental amalgam as well as thermometers, barometers and other scientific apparatus, although the use of mercury in thermometers has been largely phased out in clinical and scientific environments (in favor of alcohol-filled, digital or thermistor-based replacements) due to concerns about the element's toxicity. Mercury is mostly obtained by reduction from the mineral cinnabar.
2006-06-13 22:48:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mercury
2006-06-13 23:45:29 · answer #4 · answered by dartmadscientist 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mercury.
2006-06-13 22:47:56 · answer #5 · answered by damsel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mercury.
2006-06-13 22:46:53 · answer #6 · answered by Bog woppit. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes...a metal that's liquid at room temp...what has not been said is that in the "olden days," mercury was used by haberdashers. or hatmakers, to preserve the felt they would use in their hatmaking processes. well, mercury has some adverse effects on the brain and some hatmakers came in contact with so much mercury that they developed serious mental aillments,or, they went mad...hence the term "mad as a hatter!"
2006-06-13 22:54:17 · answer #7 · answered by timmo_t 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-06-14 01:27:54 · answer #8 · answered by AshuTosh 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-06-13 23:18:38 · answer #9 · answered by gudboy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-06-13 22:50:39 · answer #10 · answered by DoN 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋