Mercury
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| Property |
Value |
| Atomic Number |
80 |
| Element |
Mercury |
| Symbol |
Hg |
| Atomic Mass |
200.592 u |
| Number of Neutrons |
120 (most common isotope, Mercury-202) |
| Number of Protons |
80 |
| Number of Electrons |
80 |
| Period |
6 |
| Group |
12 |
| Phase |
Liquid |
| Radioactive |
No |
| Natural |
Yes |
| Metal |
Yes |
| Nonmetal |
No |
| Metalloid |
No |
| Type |
Transition Metal |
| Atomic Radius |
171 pm |
| Electronegativity |
2.00 (Pauling scale) |
| First Ionization Energy |
10.438 eV |
| Density |
13.53 g/cm³ |
| Melting Point |
−38.83 °C |
| Boiling Point |
356.73 °C |
| Number of Isotopes |
7 stable (Hg-196, Hg-198, Hg-199, Hg-200, Hg-201, Hg-202, Hg-204) |
| Discoverer |
Known since ancient times |
| Year |
Unknown |
| Specific Heat |
0.140 J/g·K |
| Number of Shells |
6 |
| Number of Valence Electrons |
12 |