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.
Industrial Uses
Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
Medical Uses
Dentistry
Other Uses
Alloys, Mirror Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical Industry
Biological Properties
Toxicity
Highly Toxic
Present in Human Body
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60% - Transition Metals Metals have it !
In Blood
0.01 Blood/mg dm-3
Rank: 23 (Overall)
0
1970
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In Bone
0.45 p.p.m.
Rank: 23 (Overall)
0
170000
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