Group Number
Not Available
Element Family
Transition Metal
Actinide
Space Group Name
R_ 3m
Fm_ 3m
Interesting Facts
- At room temperature mercury is found in a liquid state.
- A coin of pound or rupees floats in mercury.
- Because of its low melting point and boiling point it is used in thermometers.
Not Available
Sources
Mining, Ores of Minerals
Obtained by Treating Radium with Neutrons, Ores of metals
Who Discovered
Ancient Chinese and Indians
Friedrich Oskar Giesel
Discovery
Before 2000 BCE
In 1902
Abundance In Earth's Crust
Not Available
Uses & Benefits
- It is a liquid metal at room temperature, but it is a toxic heavy metal and hence many uses of mercury are under review or phased out.
- It is manly used as a catalysts in chemical industry.
- Actinium metal has a great source of alpha rays but it is hardly used outside research purpose.
Industrial Uses
Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
NA
Medical Uses
Dentistry
NA
Other Uses
Alloys, Mirror Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical Industry
Alloys, Nuclear Research, Research Purposes
Toxicity
Highly Toxic
Toxic
Present in Human Body
Yes
No
Melting Point
Not Available
Physical State
Liquid
Solid
Color
Silver
Silvery White
Speed of Sound
Not Available
Refractive Index
Not Available
Reflectivity
Not Available
α Allotropes
Not Available
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β Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
γ Allotropes
Not Available
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Pauling Electronegativity
Sanderson Electronegativity
Not Available
Allred Rochow Electronegativity
Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
Not Available
Allen Electronegativity
Not Available
Pauling Electropositivity
4th Energy Level
Not Available
Electrochemical Equivalent
Electron Work Function
Not Available
Other Chemical Properties
Flammability, Ionization, Solubility
Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Radioactivity, Solubility
Electron Configuration
[Xe] 4f14 5d10 6s2
[Rn] 6d1 7s2
Crystal Structure
Rhombohedral (RHO)
Face Centered Cubic (FCC)
Crystal Lattice
RHO-Crystal-Structure-of-Mercury.jpg#100
FCC-Crystal-Structure-of-Actinium.jpg#100
Covalent Radius
Not Available
Van der Waals Radius
Not Available
Valence Electron Potential
Lattice Angles
NA
π/2, π/2, π/2
Lattice C/A Ratio
Not Available
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Density At Room Temperature
Tensile Strength
Not Available
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Poisson Ratio
Not Available
Not Available
Other Mechanical Properties
NA
NA
Magnetic Ordering
Diamagnetic
Paramagnetic
Electrical Property
Conductor
Unknown
Resistivity
Not Available
Electrical Conductivity
Not Available
Electron Affinity
Not Available
Critical Temperature
Not Available
Thermal Expansion
Not Available
Enthalpy of Vaporization
Not Available
Enthalpy of Fusion
Not Available