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![[Post New]](/templates/default/images/icon_minipost_new.gif) 24 Jun 2008 19:52:27 IST
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hello,
Respected sir/madam,
i wanted to know why is mercury called a liquid.please reply sonn.
thank you,
Sindhu
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24 Jun 2008 20:21:47 IST
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Dont know. 
Maybe becoz its neither gas nor solid. 
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24 Jun 2008 20:23:52 IST
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mercury is liquid because of its low melting point. is melting point is very low so it is liquid at room temperature
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24 Jun 2008 20:25:57 IST
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24 Jun 2008 20:29:00 IST
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Mercury is a liquid at room temperature because the "relativistic contraction" of its atomic orbitals makes it behave chemically almost like a noble gas, not wanting to share electrons with other atoms, even other mercury atoms! Note that mercury is monatomic in the gas phase, just like a noble gas. Of course this should not be pushed too far; mercury is not a noble gas. There are enough outer-electron interactions for mercury to remain a liquid (radon, 22 amu heavier, is a gas), to conduct electricity, and to participate in ordinary chemical reactions.
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24 Jun 2008 20:31:47 IST
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Hg belongs to the Zn group...... these are not transition metals....... they don't have strong metallic bonds...
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24 Jun 2008 20:42:12 IST
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Mercury is a solid. If it had been a liquid, it wud have vapourised, being sooooo close to the sun !!!! ROTFL........
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24 Jun 2008 20:43:04 IST
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mercury is liquid at room tempreture, becoz of physical atractive forces b/w them .... there is intramolecular forces of attraction..
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28 Jun 2008 13:31:05 IST
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ALL THESE ANSWERS ARE INCOMPLETE!!
FOR THE CORRECT ANSWER READ THIS
http://www.goiit.com/posts/show/217835.htm
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28 Jun 2008 13:34:24 IST
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U can also Read This
http://www.goiit.com/posts/list/community-shelf-why-mercury-is-a-liquid-44128.htm
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28 Jun 2008 21:40:15 IST
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Further it is interesting to know that
The melting point of Mercury is -38.87 º C
The boiling point of Mercury is 356.58 º C
The crystal structure of Mercury is Rhombohedral
The molar mass of Mercury is 200.59 g/mol
Mercury has 80 electrons
Mercury has 26 isotopes
Mercury has 80 protons
The specific gravity of Mercury is 13.546
The atomic weight of Mercury is 200.59
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29 Jun 2008 10:35:40 IST
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My sir had told me tht it is important to remember the following:
Mercury has 26 isotopes
Mercury has 80 protons/ Electrons
So thnx Edison
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5 Jul 2008 16:24:19 IST
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see mercury belongs to d block but not a transition element
because it has got paired electrons nd no unpaired electrons
so it's enthalpy of atomization is very less nd it's metallic bond is also very weak
so it occurs as a liquid at room temp.
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