is it possible to soldify mercury?

Answer 1

Mercury will solidify (freeze) at -38.83 °C (-37.89 °F). Mercury, unlike water, does not expand upon solidification, making it difficult to notice when frozen.

Commercially products like Mercury solidifying powder are available in room temperature. Used where mercury is difficult to pick up, store, transport. Powder will solidify mercury.

Answer 2

Solidified Mercury

Answer 3

It is possible to make any liquid or gas into a solid if you can reach a temperature that is cold enough. That temperature is different for different substances. It's called the melting point or freezing point because both things happen at that temperature. For mercury the temperature is -38.83 C or -37.89 F.
(-40 C = -40 F)

Answer 4

As I understand it, mercury is the only metal that's in its molten state at room temperature. I also know that it won't freeze after 32 degrees Farenheit, or 0 Celcius...because then our thermometers would work. I'm sure it would solidify at a very low temp, way below the freezing mark.

Answer 5

Yes manyways, especially amalgums- see Wikipedia article;Dissolves to form amalgams with gold, zinc and many metals, but with some exceptions such as iron, therefore iron flasks have been traditionally used to trade mercury. Reacts with oxygen in air when heated to form mercury oxide, which then can be decomposed by further heating to higher temperatures. Being below hydrogen in the reactivity series of metals, it does not react with most acids, such as dilute sulfuric acid, though oxidizing acids, such as concentrated sulfuric acid and nitric acid or aqua regia dissolve it to give sulfate and nitrate and chloride. Similar to silver, mercury reacts with atmospheric hydrogen sulfide. Mercury even reacts with solid sulfur flakes, which is used in mercury spill kits to absorb mercury vapors (spill kits also use activated charcoal and powdered zinc).


[edit] Occurrence in the environment
Amount of atmospheric mercury deposited at Wyoming's Fremont Glacier over the last 270 yearsAbundance

Crustal ~7×10-2 mg/kg
Oceans ~3×10-5 mg/l
Preindustrial deposition rates of mercury from the atmosphere may be in the range of 4 ng/L in the western USA. Although that can be considered a natural level of exposure, regional or global sources have significant effects. Volcanic eruptions can increase the atmospheric source by 4–6 times.[14]

Mercury enters the environment as a pollutant from various industries:

coal-fired power plants are the largest source (40% of USA emissions in 1999).[15]
industrial processes
chlorine, steel, phosphate & gold production
metal smelting
manufacture & repair of weather and electronic devices
incineration of municipal waste streams
medical applications, including vaccinations
dentistry
cosmetic industries
laboratory work involving mercury or sulfur compounds
Mercury also enters into the environment through the disposal (e.g., landfilling, incineration) of certain products. Products containing mercury include: auto parts, batteries, fluorescent bulbs, medical products, thermometers, and thermostats.[16] Due to health concerns (see below), toxics use reduction efforts are cutting back or eliminating mercury in such products. For example, most thermometers now use pigmented alcohol instead of mercury. Mercury thermometers are still occasionally used in the medical field because they are more accurate than alcohol thermometers, though both are being replaced by electronic thermometers. Mercury thermometers are still widely used for certain scientific applications because of their greater accuracy and working range.

One of the worst industrial disasters in history was caused by the dumping of mercury compounds into Minamata Bay, Japan. The Chisso Corporation, a fertilizer and later petrochemical company, was found responsible
Mercury is one of the most toxic elements!

Answer 6

Yes, of course, at certain low temperatures, like liquid oxygen, you can make nails from solid mercury.

Answer 7

Get some "dry ice" and gouge a hole in it. Place some liquid mercury in it and it will freeze. Pretty cool demo.

Answer 8

Yes it is. When you cool the mercury at 273k it will solidify. ie 273k is the absolute temperature at which all the elements will solidify.

Answer 9

Certainly. Mercury "freezes" (becomes a solid) at -37.89 °F.

Answer 10

I'm assumming theoretically everything can be frozen solid at absolute zero and extremely high pressure.