Mercury
by
gmsmedia38
Last updated 7 years ago
Discipline:
Science Subject:
Chemical Elements
Grade:
8


Mercury! (No, not the planet...)
History
?
?
gmsmedia38
Uses
Products?
References
Should have 3 citations
Emsley, J. (2014). Mercury - element information, properties and uses: Periodic table. Retrieved from http://www.rse.org
> Discovered in ancient times, but no one knows where or who discovered it.> Used by Egyptians in painting their tombs. > Spanish and French painters used it to decorate caves. > Fascinated people because it was a liquid that could dissolve gold.
> Found in ALL food, but there's not enough of it to poison humans; an average human consumes only 0.01 milligrams per day.> Easily absorbed through the skin and into the repritory system.> Home thermometers
> Used to extract gold from ores.> Used in Thermometers.> Used in production of chlorine and sodium hydroxide. > Treated to seed corn to increase resistance to fungal disease.> Toxic; once used in pesticides. > Released by microorganisms that live in polluted waters.> Forms various alloys with metals such as gold, silver, and tin. > Obtained as cinnabar ore; extracted by heating with air currents and then condensing the vapor.> VERY RARELY found itself in the enviroment. Usually discovered as cinabar ore. (Or Mercury Sulfide)> Liquid metal at room temperature.> Dangerous in any form.
Personal Applications
Importance? Affect You?
Classify? Discovery?
CriteriaName: Mercury Atomic Number: 80 Atomic Mass: 200.8No. of protons: 80 No. of Neutrons: 121 No. of Electrons: 80Period No.: 6 Group No. 12
There are no comments for this Glog.