THe element Mercury, Hg??

Question

Hello all,
Science project on Mercury :)

I need to sell mercury as an advertisment. And I have all the information i could find and it only 3/4 of a page in size 11 font. I need help to make the 3 minute speech :) If you please help? or just give me the url of a website OTHER than wikipedia.....

Thankyouu!

Answer 1

This site may help

http://www.lenntech.com/Periodic-chart-elements/Hg-en.htm

Answer 2

One interesting point to add is why the symbol is Hg. To the Romans mercury looked like watery silver so they named it hydrargentum or water-silver.

Another interesting fact related to hatters is related to "mad-as-a-hatter". Hatters used mercurous nitrate in curing felt in the lining of the headband. This was not good for the wearer of the hat, but much worse for the hatter who touched mercury frequently. Mercury poisoning causes symptoms that would make the person seem crazy.

Google: mercury element facts history

Answer 3

There is plenty of stuff on these two sites.....

http://www.lenntech.com/Periodic-chart-elements/Hg-en.htm
http://www.hbci.com/~wenonah/hydro/hg.htm

Main use of mercury apart from thermometers and manometres is the removal of gold from it's ore.

Unfortunately for you, mercury is highly toxic to living creatures, so therefore I wish you look in 'selling' your product through your advertisement. I would suggest you call it its old name of 'Quicksilver'
(I think some surfing dude has a clothing and surfing board range with that brand name.)

Answer 4

Named after the planet "Mercury" (the origin of the symbol Hg is the Latin word "hydrargyrum" meaning "liquid silver")

Notes
Mercury was known to ancient Chinese and Hindus before 2000 BC and was found in tubes in Egyptian tombs dated from 1500 BC It was used to forma amalgams of other metals around 500 BC. The Greeks used mercury in ointments and the Romans used it, unfortunately for those using it, in cosmetics.

Mercury is one of the elements which has an alchemical symbol, shown below (alchemy is an ancient pursuit concerned with, for instance, the transformation of other metals into gold).

The following uses for mercury are gathered from a number of sources as well as from anecdotal comments. I'd be delighted to receive corrections as well as additional referenced uses (please use the feedback mechanism to add uses).

Mercury is used in laboratories for making thermometers, barometers, diffusion pumps, and many other instruments. It is used for mercury switches and other electrical apparatus. It is used as an electrode in some types of electrolysis and for making batteries (mercury cells).

Gaseous mercury is used in mercury-vapour lamps and advertising signs. Mercury is important in some types of industry, for instance for caustic soda and chlorine production. It is used for making some pesticides and antifouling paint. Mercury is also the basis of dental amalgams and preparations.

Answer 5

Mercury! Get it while it's hot, Hot, HOT!
Easily absorbable through skin! We're Mad, MAd, MAD!

It has some interesting properties under vacuum.
It used to be used by those who made hats to shape the hats, but mercury fumes are not at all good ("mad as a hatter").
Alloys... old teeth fillings, etc.