Mercury is a heavy, silvery-white, poor heat conductor, fair electricity conductor and is a metal. The melting point of mercury is -38.83 °C, and the boiling point is 356.73 °C.
Mercury is a natural element, as a result of human activity. It can also be obtained from cinnabar. It is from the family transition metals, the group is #12, and the period number is 6.
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Other elements in the transition metals are copper, chromium, manganese, silver, gold, and nickel.
Some uses for mercury are thermometers, barometers, and mercury vapor is used in streetlights. Mercury oxide (HgO) and mercury nitrate (Hg(N03)2) are both compounds that contain mercury.
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