Mendeleev's Periodic Table > Hg - Mercury

Hg - Mercury

Famous for its toxic properties and it's physical state, mercury is a liquid heavy metal. It is used in the laboratory thermometers, manometers and barometers. Mercury is the only common metal liquid at ordinary temperatures. Mercury is sometimes called quicksilver. It rarely occurs free in nature and is found mainly in cinnabar ore (HgS) in Spain and Italy. It is a heavy, silvery-white liquid metal. It is a rather poor conductor of heat as compared with other metals but is a fair conductor of electricity. It alloys easily with many metals, such as gold, silver, and tin. These alloys are called amalgams. Its ease in amalgamating with gold is made use of in the recovery of gold from its ores.
Organic mercury compounds are important - and dangerous. Methyl mercury is a lethal pollutant found in rivers and lakes. The main source of pollution is industrial wastes settling to the river and lake bottoms.

Atomic number	-	80		Density	g/mL	13	.53
Atomic weight	u	200	.59	Melting point	K	234	.28
Bonding radius	A	1	.49	Boiling point	K	630
Atomic radius	A	1	.76	Heat of vaporization	kJ/mol	59	.229
Ionization Potential	V	10	.437	Heat of fusion	kJ/mol	2	.295
Electronegativity	-	2		Specific heat	J/gK	0	.139
The oxide is mildly basic.				Crystal are rhombohedral.
Electron config. : [Xe] 4f¹⁴ 5d¹⁰ 6s²

Isotopes of Hg (Mercury):

MASS abundancy Halflife Particle, Energy Decay Product(s) Isotopic Mass	175 20 msec a,7.040 MeV Pt-171 174.99119	176 34 msec a,6.925 MeV Pt-172 175.98733	177 0.130 sec a/EC,6.740 Pt-173/Au-177 176.98634	178 0.254 sec a/EC,6.578 Pt-174/Au-178 177.98247
MASS abundancy Halflife Particle, Energy Decay Product(s) Isotopic Mass	179 1.09 sec a/EC/ECp,6.431 Pt-175/Au-179/Pt-178 178.98174	180 3.0 sec a/EC,5.500 Pt-176/Au-180 179.97832	181 3.6 sec a/EC,7.300 Pt-177/Au-181 180.97777	182 10.83 sec a/EC,4.800 Pt-178/Au-182 181.97477
MASS abundancy Halflife Particle, Energy Decay Product(s) Isotopic Mass	183 9.4 sec a/EC/ECp,6.300 Pt-179/Au-183/Pt-182 182.97434	184 30.6 sec a/EC,4.100 Pt-180/Au-184 183.97189	185 49.1 sec a/EC,5.800 Pt-181/Au-185 184.97198	186 1.38 min a/EC,3.300 Pt-182/Au-186 185.96945
MASS abundancy Halflife Particle, Energy Decay Product(s) Isotopic Mass	187 2.4 min a/EC,4.900 Pt-183/Au-187 186.96977	188 3.25 min a/EC,2.300 Pt-184/Au-188 187.96755	189 7.6 min a/EC,3.950 Pt-185/Au-189 188.96811	190 20.0 min a/EC,1.470 Pt-186/Au-190 189.96627
MASS abundancy Halflife Particle, Energy Decay Product(s) Isotopic Mass	191 49 min EC,3.180 MeV Au-191 190.96706	192 4.85 hr EC,3.516 MeV Au-192 191.96553	193 3.80 hr EC,2.340 MeV Au-193 192.96664	194 444 yr EC,2.492 MeV Au-194 193.96538
MASS abundancy Halflife Particle, Energy Decay Product(s) Isotopic Mass	195 9.9 hr EC,1.510 MeV Au-195 194.96663	196 0.15% Stable 195.96581	197 64.14 hr EC,1.119 MeV Au-197 196.96719	198 9.97% Stable 197.96675
MASS abundancy Halflife Particle, Energy Decay Product(s) Isotopic Mass	199 16.87% Stable 198.96826	200 23.10% Stable 199.96830	201 13.18% Stable 200.97028	202 29.86% Stable 201.97062
MASS abundancy Halflife Particle, Energy Decay Product(s) Isotopic Mass	203 46.612 da B-,2.139 MeV Tl-203 202.97285	204 6.87% Stable 203.97347	205 5.2 min B-,1.531 MeV Tl-205 204.97605	206 8.15 min B-,1.308 MeV Tl-206 205.97749
MASS abundancy Halflife Particle, Energy Decay Product(s) Isotopic Mass	207 2.9 min B-,4.780 MeV Tl-207 206.98253	208 42 min B-,6.251 MeV Tl-208 208.0

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