-- card: 35180 from stack: in -- bmap block id: 0 -- flags: 0000 -- background id: 14320 -- name: Hg -- part contents for background part 14 ----- text ----- Hg -- part contents for background part 22 ----- text ----- Mercury -- part contents for background part 15 ----- text ----- 80 -- part contents for background part 17 ----- text ----- 200.59 -- part contents for background part 18 ----- text ----- 13.546 -- part contents for background part 19 ----- text ----- -38.842 -- part contents for background part 20 ----- text ----- 356.68 -- part contents for background part 21 ----- text ----- +1,+2 -- part contents for background part 16 ----- text ----- (Planet Mercury; L. hydrargyrum, liquid silver) Known to ancient Chinese and Hindus, and found in Egyptian tombs from 1500 B.C. One of the only metal liquids at room temperature. Rarely found free in nature, found mainly in cinnabar ore (HgS) in Spain, Italy. Highly toxic and found in air and water. 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. -- part contents for background part 23 ----- text ----- heavy, silver-white, transition metal, poor conductor of heat and fair conductor of electricity, highly poisonous and easily absorbed through the respiratory tract,gastrointestinal tract or broken skin, accumulates in tissue, must be handled with care -- part contents for background part 24 ----- text ----- alloying with other metals (Hg alloys called amalgams), thermometers, barometers, diffusion pumps, mercury-vapor lamps, advertising signs, electrical apparatus, pesticides, dentistry, antifouling paint, batteries, catalyst, -- part contents for background part 29 ----- text ----- 0.144 -- part contents for background part 26 ----- text ----- Electron Configuration: 1s 2s 2p 3s 3p 3d 4s 4p 4d 4f 5s 5p 5d 5f 6s 6p 6d 6f 7s 2 2 6 2 6 10 2 6 10 14 2 6 10 2