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- Mercury, also called quicksilver (chemical symbol Hg, atomic number 80), is a chemical element and transition metal that at room temperature ...41 KB (5,832 words) - 11:46, 29 April 2025
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- Mercury commonly refers to: * Mercury (planet), the nearest planet ... * Mercury (element), a metallic chemical element with the symbol Hg ...230 bytes (29 words) - 14:50, 31 December 2022
- or sugar dissolved in water, or gold into mercury. Liquids dissolve into one ... * Chemical element * Chemical substance * Solution * Solvent ...5 KB (683 words) - 13:56, 31 May 2025
- on this perspective, the term transition element has been defined more strictly ... By this definition, zinc, cadmium, and mercury (group 12 elements ...17 KB (2,462 words) - 04:39, 5 November 2022
- but as OF2, with the least electronegative element given priority. ... * Element in (I) state ** Copper(I) oxide (Cu2O) ** Dicarbon monoxide (C2O) ...13 KB (1,853 words) - 22:22, 9 October 2025
- tube. In exploring the paradox he decided to use mercury, which is fourteen times as heavy as water. In 1643 he filled a glass tube which was about ...8 KB (1,143 words) - 04:50, 23 March 2024
- steel is stronger than iron, its main element. The alloy inherits some ... Any alloy of mercury is called an amalgam. Most metals are soluble ...17 KB (2,388 words) - 08:10, 23 July 2023
- is used in medical thermometers to replace mercury. Also, gallium can wet ... as primary sources of extraction of the element or its compounds. Rather ...15 KB (2,122 words) - 04:06, 18 April 2024
- and presuppositions is an inherent element of philosophy and this critical ... beings as modifications of one universal element. Euclid, a mathematician ...9 KB (1,192 words) - 22:57, 30 November 2022
- Cl2. Given its high reactivity, the free element is not found in nature. ... experiments indicated that this gas was an element, not a compound. He named ...15 KB (2,040 words) - 17:07, 10 December 2023
- number 52) is a relatively rare chemical element that belongs to the group ... This element is primarily used in alloys. For instance, when added ...14 KB (1,880 words) - 05:35, 27 February 2023
- to gray when exposed to air. This element and its compounds are highly ... in photocells, and its amalgam (alloy with mercury) is used in thermometers ...13 KB (1,784 words) - 15:06, 30 April 2023
- that did not conform with that of the element sodium. It was not until ... * Mercury (element) * Superconductivity * Temperature == Notes == ...11 KB (1,588 words) - 08:07, 25 June 2024
- melting point and freezing point of the element mercury is 234.32 Kelvin ... * The chemical element with the highest melting point is tungsten ...9 KB (1,419 words) - 18:34, 19 December 2024
- The toxicity is due in part to lead, mercury, cadmium and a number of ... lead, zinc, chromium, cadmium, mercury, copper ===Elements in trace ...10 KB (1,429 words) - 16:03, 13 February 2024
- A chemical element, often called simply element, is the class of atoms ... The atomic number of an element or atom, Z, is equal to the number ...10 KB (1,622 words) - 17:03, 12 April 2025
- Albacore accumulates higher levels of mercury than all or most other ... html What you need to know about mercury in fish and shellfish.] ...9 KB (1,355 words) - 17:46, 19 December 2022
- temperature sensor (such as the bulb on a mercury thermometer) in which some ... * Mercury (element) * Platinum * Temperature * Thermostat ...25 KB (3,599 words) - 01:20, 19 April 2023
- or near room temperature and pressure: bromine, mercury, francium, cesium, gallium and rubidium. Anne Marie Helmenstine, [https://www.thoughtco ...6 KB (880 words) - 15:44, 11 August 2025
- Sulfide pigments include cadmium, mercury, and arsenic. ... * cinnabar (mercury) * galena (lead) * molybdenite (molybdenum) ...7 KB (1,056 words) - 23:38, 17 December 2025
- were treated with a dilute solution of the mercury compound mercuric nitrate ... produced resulted in widespread cases of mercury poisoning among hatters ...9 KB (1,531 words) - 17:14, 26 March 2024
