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2007-09-09 04:09:41 · 4 answers · asked by hajira m 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Mercury is an element, a liquid metal. Nothing else is mercury. There are no other liquid metals.
It is poisonous. For uses other than barometers, thermometers, as in compounds, they do use other metals where they can ,due to it being poison.
2007-09-09 04:22:03 · answer #1 · answered by science teacher 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Did you mean "Why is mercury used in mercury thermometers?" If that is the case then the answer is that Mercury is liquid in a temperature range suitable for measuring normally occurring temperatures and being a metal it has a higher coefficient of expansion than the glass that is used to make the body of the thermometer. Because all other metals are solid in the temperature range that would be useful mercury is the only metal suitable for making thermometers.
2007-09-09 04:24:24 · answer #2 · answered by milton b 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mercury used in mercury???????????????????????????????
Do you mean thermometer?
2007-09-09 04:22:46 · answer #3 · answered by Bananaman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't understand the question.
2007-09-09 04:16:55 · answer #4 · answered by mattgo64 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋