What element is also called quicksilver?

Answer 1

"Because it's silver in color, and runs quickly thru your fingers."

Actually, this is not correct. Contrary to popular belief, it is not called quicksilver because it runs quickly through your fingers. The "silver" part is actually because of the colour but the "quick" part comes from the old English translation of the Latin word for living. The name means "living silver".

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Answer 2

Hydrargyrum, Hg, atomic number 80; silverish metal, used in thermometers (at least in the old ones, gas phase very toxic when inhaled.

Together with Bromium it is the only fluidelement (at normal temp. and press.)

Hydrargyrum is the old name for: Mercury

Hydrargyrum is Greek and explains the trivial name 'quick silver': Hydra means water (remember: fluid is quicker than solid metal) and argyros is silver in Greek.
Mercury.

Answer 3

Mercury, also known as quicksilver or hydrargyrum

Answer 4

Liquid mercury is often called quick silver

Answer 5

Mercury (Hg)

Answer 6

mercury