Mercury


 * Element Name**: Mercury


 * Element Symbol**: Hg
 * Atomic Mass**: 201[[image:Mercury_Krunal_Patel.png width="216" height="288" align="right"]]


 * Atomic Number**: 80


 * Protons**: 80


 * Electrons**: 80


 * Discovery**: 3500 years ago in China discovered by Chinese people


 * How It Was Named**: Named after the planet Mercury


 * State of Matter**: Liquid metal


 * Melting Point**: -38.83 °C


 * Boiling Point**: 356.73 °C


 * Characteristics**:
 * Mercury has poisonous salt
 * Mercury is grey color like
 * Mercury is very dense


 * Uses**: Used in tomb stones, door bells, and the fillings that you put on your teeth.


 * Interesting Facts**: Mercury easily forms alloys with other metals like gold, silver, zinc, cadmium. Also used in old Egyptian tomb stones. Used for door bells for houses, and mercury is in the grey or silver colored fillings on your teeth.

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