Mercury
Latin name | Hydrargyrum |
English name | Mercury |
chemical symbol | Hg |
atomic number | 80 |
relative atomic mass | 200,59 |
period | 6 |
group | II.B |
classification | transition metals |
discovery year | N/A |
melting point [°C] | -38,87 |
boiling point [°C] | 356,58 |
critical temperature [°C] | 1477 |
critical pressure [MPa] | 172 |
denisty [g cm-3] | 13,546 |
density at melting point [g cm-3] | 13,534 |
electronegativity [Pauling] | 2,0 |
oxidation states | I, II |
electron configuration | [Xe]4f14 5d10 6s2 |
atomic radius [pm] | 171 |
covalent radius [pm] | 149 |
specific heat [J g-1K-1] | 0,139 |
heat of fusion [kJ mol-1] | 2,295 |
thermal conductivity [W m-1 K-1] | 8,3 |
el. conductivity [S m-1] | 1.106 |
1. ionizing potential [eV] | 10,4375 |
2. ionizing potential [eV] | 18,759 |
3. ionizing potential [eV] | 34,202 |
point of superconductivity [K] | 4,154 |
state at normal conditions | liquid |
Resources
- BARTHELMY, David. Mineral Species containing Mercury. In: Mineralogy database [online]. 2010 [cit. 2012-09-10]. Available from: http://webmineral.com/.../Chem-Hg.shtml
- HUSTED, Robert; et al. Mercury. In: LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL SECURITY. Los Alamos National Lab [online]. 2011 [cit. 2012-08-15]. Available from: http://periodic.lanl.gov/80.shtml
- REMY, Heinrich. Anorganická chemie - II. díl. 2. české vydání, dotisk. Praha: SNTL 1972, s. 465-487
- STARÝ, Jaromír; SITENSKÝ, Ivo; HODKOVÁ, Tereza. Surovinové zdroje České republiky - Nerostné suroviny 2011. In: Česká geologická služba. Surovinové zdroje v ČR [online]. 2011 [cit. 2012-07-25]. Available from: http://www.geology.cz/.../rocenka2011sur.pdf
- VIRTA, Robert. Mercury. In: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. Mineral Commodity Summaries [online]. 2013 [cit. 2013-03-03]. Available from: http://minerals.usgs.gov/.../mcs-2013-mercu.pdf
gold ← mercury → thallium