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Mercury Overview
Symbol
Hg (Mercury)Description
Heavy, silver-white metal, liquid at ordinary temperatures.
Name Origin
From the Roman god Mercury; symbol from Latin: hydrargyrus (liquid silver).
Discovery
Discovered By: Known to the ancients.
Year: Unknown
Location: Unknown
Sources
Virtually all mercury comes from cinnabar or mercury sulfide (HgS). Some sources of red cinnabar are so rich in mercury that droplets of elemental mercury can be found in random samples.
Uses
Used in thermometers, barometers, and batteries. Also used in electrical switches and mercury-vapor lighting products.
State at 20 °C
liquid
Atomic Number
80Learn more about the atomic number.
Atomic Mass
200,59
Learn more about the atomic mass.
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