1 Periodic Table
1.1 Symbol
Hg
1.2 Group Number
1.3 Period Number
1.4 Block
d block
1.5 Element Family
Transition Metal
1.6 CAS Number
7439976
Rank: 81 (Overall) ▶
7429905
54386242
1.7 Space Group Name
R_ 3m
1.8 Space Group Number
166.00
Rank: 6 (Overall) ▶
11
229
2 Facts
2.1 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.
2.2 Sources
Mining, Ores of Minerals
2.3 History
2.3.1 Who Discovered
Ancient Chinese and Indians
2.3.2 Discovery
Before 2000 BCE
2.4 Abundance
2.4.1 Abundance In Universe
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
5E-09
0.11
2.4.2 Abundance In Sun
~-9999 %
Rank: 100 (Overall) ▶
1E-08
0.1
2.4.3 Abundance In Meteorites
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
1.7E-07
22
2.4.4 Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.05 %
Rank: 9 (Overall) ▶
9.9E-12
8.1
2.4.5 Abundance In Oceans
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
2E-23
1.1
2.4.6 Abundance In Humans
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
1E-13
1.4
3 Uses
3.1 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.
3.1.1 Industrial Uses
Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
3.1.2 Medical Uses
Dentistry
3.1.3 Other Uses
Alloys, Mirror Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical Industry
3.2 Biological Properties
3.2.1 Toxicity
Highly Toxic
3.2.2 Present in Human Body
✔
✘
60% - Transition Metals Metals have it !
▶
3.2.3 In Blood
0.01 Blood/mg dm-3
Rank: 23 (Overall) ▶
0
1970
3.2.4 In Bone
0.45 p.p.m.
Rank: 19 (Overall) ▶
0
170000
4 Physical
4.1 Melting Point
Not Available
Rank: 100 (Overall) ▶
27
3410
1.3 Boiling Point
356.58 °C
Rank: 78 (Overall) ▶
147
5660
1.4 Appearance
1.4.1 Physical State
Liquid
1.4.2 Color
Silver
1.4.3 Luster
NA
1.5 Hardness
1.5.1 Mohs Hardness
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
0.2
8.5
1.5.2 Brinell Hardness
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
0.14
3490
1.5.3 Vickers Hardness
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
121
3430
1.6 Speed of Sound
1,451.40 m/s
Rank: 49 (Overall) ▶
818
16200
1.7 Optical Properties
1.7.1 Refractive Index
1.7.2 Reflectivity
73.00 %
Rank: 8 (Overall) ▶
58
97
1.8 Allotropes
✔
✘
6% - Transition Metals Metals have it !
▶
1.8.1 α Allotropes
Not Available
1.8.2 β Allotropes
Not Available
1.8.3 γ Allotropes
Not Available
2 Chemical
2.1 Chemical Formula
Hg
2.2 Isotopes
2.2.1 Known Isotopes
2.3 Electronegativity
2.3.1 Pauling Electronegativity
2.3.2 Sanderson Electronegativity
2.3.3 Allred Rochow Electronegativity
1.44
Rank: 17 (Overall) ▶
0.86
1.82
2.3.4 Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
2.3.5 Allen Electronegativity
1.44
Rank: 30 (Overall) ▶
0.659
2.7
2.4 Electropositivity
2.4.1 Pauling Electropositivity
2.00
Rank: 46 (Overall) ▶
1.46
3.3
2.5 Ionization Energies
2.5.1 1st Energy Level
1,007.10 kJ/mol
Rank: 4 (Overall) ▶
375.7
26130
2.5.2 2nd Energy Level
1,810.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 20 (Overall) ▶
710.2162
28750
2.5.3 3rd Energy Level
3,300.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 20 (Overall) ▶
1600
34230
2.5.4 4th Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
2780
37066
2.5.5 5th Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
4305.2
97510
2.5.6 6th Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
5715.8
105800
2.5.7 7th Energy level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
7226.8
114300
2.5.8 8th Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
8857.4
125300
2.5.9 9th Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
14110
134700
2.5.10 10th Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
17100
144300
2.5.11 11th Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
19900
169988
2.5.12 12th Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
22219
189368
2.5.13 13th Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
26930
76015
2.5.14 14th Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
29196
86450
2.5.15 15th Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
41987
97510
2.5.16 16th Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
47206
109480
2.5.17 17th Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
52737
122200
2.5.18 18th Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
58570
134810
2.5.19 19th Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
64702
148700
2.5.20 20th Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
80400
171200
2.5.21 21st Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
87000
179100
2.5.22 22nd Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
93400
184900
2.5.23 23rd Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
98420
198800
2.5.24 24th Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
104400
195200
2.5.25 25th Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
121900
121900
2.5.26 26th Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
127700
127700
2.5.27 27th Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
133800
133800
2.5.28 28th Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
139800
139800
2.5.29 29th Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
148100
148100
2.5.30 30th Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
154500
154500
2.6 Electrochemical Equivalent
3.74 g/amp-hr
Rank: 10 (Overall) ▶
0.16812
8.3209
2.7 Electron Work Function
4.49 eV
Rank: 15 (Overall) ▶
2.14
5.65
2.8 Other Chemical Properties
Flammability, Ionization, Solubility
3 Atomic
3.1 Atomic Number
3.2 Electron Configuration
[Xe] 4f14 5d10 6s2
3.3 Crystal Structure
Rhombohedral (RHO)
3.3.1 Crystal Lattice
3.4 Atom
3.4.1 Number of Protons
3.4.2 Number of Neutrons
3.4.3 Number of Electrons
3.5 Radius of an Atom
3.5.1 Atomic Radius
151.00 pm
Rank: 32 (Overall) ▶
112
265
3.5.2 Covalent Radius
132.00 pm
Rank: 48 (Overall) ▶
96
260
3.5.3 Van der Waals Radius
155.00 pm
Rank: 42 (Overall) ▶
139
348
3.6 Atomic Weight
200.59 amu
Rank: 32 (Overall) ▶
6.94
294
3.7 Atomic Volume
14.82 cm3/mol
Rank: 35 (Overall) ▶
1.39
71.07
3.8 Adjacent Atomic Numbers
3.8.1 Previous Element
3.8.2 Next Element
3.9 Valence Electron Potential
28.20 (-eV)
Rank: 54 (Overall) ▶
8
392.42
3.10 Lattice Constant
300.50 pm
Rank: 59 (Overall) ▶
228.58
891.25
3.11 Lattice Angles
NA
3.12 Lattice C/A Ratio
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
1.567
1.886
4 Mechanical
4.1 Density
4.1.1 Density At Room Temperature
13.53 g/cm3
Rank: 24 (Overall) ▶
0.534
40.7
4.1.2 Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
0.512
20
4.2 Tensile Strength
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
2.5
11000
4.3 Viscosity
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0.001526
0.001526
4.4 Vapor Pressure
4.4.1 Vapor Pressure at 1000 K
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
2.47E-11
121
4.4.2 Vapor Pressure at 2000 K
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
2.62E-10
774
4.5 Elasticity properties
4.5.1 Shear Modulus
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
1.3
222
4.5.2 Bulk Modulus
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
1.6
462
4.5.3 Young's Modulus
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
1.7
528
4.6 Poisson Ratio
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
0.032
0.47
4.7 Other Mechanical Properties
NA
5 Magnetic
5.1 Magnetic Characteristics
5.1.1 Specific Gravity
13.53
Rank: 16 (Overall) ▶
0.53
4500
5.1.2 Magnetic Ordering
Diamagnetic
5.1.3 Permeability
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
1.25643E-06
0.0063
5.1.4 Susceptibility
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
-0.000166
200000
5.2 Electrical Properties
5.2.1 Electrical Property
Conductor
5.2.2 Resistivity
961.00 nΩ·m
Rank: 1 (Overall) ▶
0.18
961
5.2.3 Electrical Conductivity
0.01 106/cm Ω
Rank: 57 (Overall) ▶
0.00666
0.63
5.2.4 Electron Affinity
0.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 40 (Overall) ▶
0
222.8
6 Thermal
6.1 Specific Heat
0.14 J/(kg K)
Rank: 38 (Overall) ▶
0.11
3.6
6.2 Molar Heat Capacity
27.98 J/mol·K
Rank: 13 (Overall) ▶
16.443
62.7
6.3 Thermal Conductivity
8.30 W/m·K
Rank: 66 (Overall) ▶
6.3
429
6.4 Critical Temperature
1,750.00 K
Rank: 6 (Overall) ▶
26.3
3223
6.5 Thermal Expansion
60.40 µm/(m·K)
Rank: 5 (Overall) ▶
4.5
97
6.6 Enthalpy
6.6.1 Enthalpy of Vaporization
56.90 kJ/mol
Rank: 59 (Overall) ▶
7.32
799.1
6.6.2 Enthalpy of Fusion
2.29 kJ/mol
Rank: 61 (Overall) ▶
2.1
35.23
6.6.3 Enthalpy of Atomization
61.50 kJ/mol
Rank: 62 (Overall) ▶
61.5
837
6.7 Standard Molar Entropy
75.80 J/mol.K
Rank: 6 (Overall) ▶
9.5
198.1