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MERCURY-HG Boiling Point:356.73

Specific Density:13.534
Protons:80  Neutrons:121   Electrons:80   Valence Electrons: 2   Atomic Mass:200.59

=== How is it processed -Mercury is usually produced from cinnabar rock, also known as mercury ore. The rock contains mercury sulfide, which gives it its red color. To make pure mercury, you have to extract it from the cinnabar rock and eliminate the sulfur. The easiest way to do this is to heat the rock. The sulfur combines with oxygen and the mercury turns to vapor at a boiling point of. The vapor is condensed to form liquid mercury. ===

Physical properties: one of the only two liquid elements can be boiled and can be frozen and it has a very high surface tension
=== Chemical properties: Mercury does not react with most acids, such as dilute sulfuric acid, although oxidizing acids such as concentrated sulfuric acid and nitric acid or aqua regia dissolve it to give sulfate, nitrate, and chloride salts. Like silver, mercury reacts with atmospheric hydrogen sulfide. Mercury even reacts with solid sulfur flakes,===

Minerals or ores in which found: cinnabar rock
=== Two common chemical reactions : 2Hg(s) + O 2 (g) → 2HgO(s) and Hg (l) + F2 (g) → HgF2(s) ===

Cost or Value: $48 per 100g


Unusual facts : mercury’s density is so high that bricks and cannonballs can float in it

Works cited :

//Chemicool// . Doug Stewart, PhD, n.d. Web. 4 Mar. 2013. [|http://www.chemicool.com/elements/ mercury.html].

Bentor, Yinon. Chemical Element.com - Mercury. Mar. 4, 2013 []

//Periodictable//. Theodore Gray, n.d. Web. 4 Mar. 2013. [] index.html