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What is mercury?

Updated: 8/11/2023
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  1. Mercury is a planet in our Solar System. It is the smallest, and closest to the Sun.
  2. It is also a metallic element, atomic number 80, the only metal that is liquid at room temperature.
  3. It is also the name of a Roman god (from the Greek Hermes), the wing-footed messenger.
  4. The name is also applied to a line of vehicles manufactured by the Ford Motor Company.
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Mercury is a dense, toxic, silvery metal that is liquid at room temperature.

It is one of only two elements that is liquid at room temperature.

Mercury and its compounds are known to cause nerve damage and, with chronic exposure, can cause insanity.

Along with lead and a few other elements it it known as a heavy metal.

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Methylmercury (sometimes methyl mercury) is a very toxic organometallic cation with the formula [CH3Hg]+

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