Mercury Properties

Mercury

Physical

Melting Point

Not Available 100

Boiling Point

356.58 °C 78

Hardness

Mohs Hardness

Not Available 0

Brinell Hardness

Not Available 0

Vickers Hardness

Not Available 0

Optical Properties

Refractive Index

1.00 3

Reflectivity

73.00 % 8

Speed of Sound

1,451.40 m/s 49

Allotropes

No 0

α Allotropes

Not Available 0

β Allotropes

Not Available 0

γ Allotropes

Not Available 0

Chemical

Chemical Formula

Hg 0

Isotopes

Known Isotopes

34 5

Electronegativity

Pauling Electronegativity

2.00 7

Sanderson Electronegativity

2.20 7

Allred Rochow Electronegativity

1.44 17

Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity

1.81 9

Allen Electronegativity

1.44 30

Electropositivity

Pauling Electropositivity

2.00 46

Ionization Energies

1st Energy Level

1,007.10 kJ/mol 4

2nd Energy Level

1,810.00 kJ/mol 20

3rd Energy Level

3,300.00 kJ/mol 20

Electrochemical Equivalent

3.74 g/amp-hr 10

Electron Work Function

4.49 eV 15

Other Chemical Properties

Flammability, Ionization, Solubility 0

Mechanical

Density

Density At Room Temperature

13.53 g/cm³ 24

Density When Liquid (at m.p.)

Not Available 0

Vapor Pressure

Vapor Pressure at 1000 K

Not Available 0

Vapor Pressure at 2000 K

Not Available 0

Tensile Strength

Not Available 0

Viscosity

0.00 1

Elasticity properties

Shear Modulus

Not Available 0

Bulk Modulus

Not Available 0

Young's Modulus

Not Available 0

Poisson Ratio

Not Available 0

Other Mechanical Properties

NA 0

Periodic Table

Symbol

Hg 0

Group Number

12 6

Period Number

6 2

Block

d block 0

Element Family

Transition Metal 0

Atomic

Atomic Number

80 36

Atomic Weight

200.59 amu 32

Atomic Volume

14.82 cm3/mol 35

Electron Configuration

[Xe] 4f¹⁴ 5d¹⁰ 6s² 0

Valence Electron Potential

28.20 (-eV) 54

Atom

Number of Protons

80 36

Number of Neutrons

121 22

Number of Electrons

80 36

Crystal Structure

Rhombohedral (RHO) 0

Crystal Lattice

RHO-Crystal-Structure-of-Mercury.jpg#100 0

Radius of an Atom

Atomic Radius

151.00 pm 32

Covalent Radius

132.00 pm 48

Van der Waals Radius

155.00 pm 42

Lattice Constant

300.50 pm 59

Lattice Angles

NA 0

Lattice C/A Ratio

Not Available 0

Adjacent Atomic Numbers

Next Element

46 0

Previous Element

3 0

Magnetic

Electrical Properties

Resistivity

961.00 nΩ·m 1

Electrical Conductivity

0.01 10⁶/cm Ω 57

Electron Affinity

0.00 kJ/mol 40

Electrical Property

Conductor 0

Magnetic Characteristics

Specific Gravity

13.53 16

Magnetic Ordering

Diamagnetic 0

Permeability

Not Available 0

Susceptibility

Not Available 0

Thermal

Specific Heat

0.14 J/(kg K) 38

Thermal Conductivity

8.30 W/m·K 66

Critical Temperature

1,750.00 K 6

Molar Heat Capacity

27.98 J/mol·K 13

Thermal Expansion

60.40 µm/(m·K) 5

Standard Molar Entropy

75.80 J/mol.K 6

Enthalpy

Enthalpy of Vaporization

56.90 kJ/mol 59

Enthalpy of Fusion

2.29 kJ/mol 61

Enthalpy of Atomization

61.50 kJ/mol 62

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