Mercury used to be called quicksilver, and also hydrargyrum, meaning watery or liquid silver, which is where it gets its chemical symbol Hg from.
Hydrargyrum, hence it's symbol Hg.
Answer: Hermes (Anc. Greek).
Quicksilver.
Yes, liquid metal is originally called hydragyrum, which means "liquid silver" in Greek. It is more commonly known as mercury and is the only metal that is in liquid form at room temperature.
mercury is a metal. It is liquid at room temperature.
Mercury is a liquid metal.
Neither. Mercury is a metal and it belongs to transition metals.
Mercury is the only metal that is in liquid form under normal conditions, with a melting point of -38.83°C and a boiling point of 356.73°C.
Mercury is a planet that shares its name with a metal. Mercury is both the name of the planet closest to the sun in our solar system and a metal that is liquid at room temperature.
Yes, liquid metal is originally called hydragyrum, which means "liquid silver" in Greek. It is more commonly known as mercury and is the only metal that is in liquid form at room temperature.
The name of the Roman god Mercury is Mercury (!). His name has been given to a metal and a planet. His Greek equivalent was Hermes.
Mercury is a liquid metal at room temperature, while bromine is a liquid non-metal.
transition metal
Mercury
mercury is a metal. It is liquid at room temperature.
The liquid metal "mercury" (also known as quicksilver) is not connected with the planet of the same name. The metal is refined on Earth from the mineral "cinnabar" (mercury sulfide).
mercury
The old name for Merury is hydrargyrum from hydr- meaning water and argyros meaning silver. Mercury is a liquid silvery metal and was, in fact, known as quicksilver. Anyway, the chemical symbol comes from hydrargyrum.
Mercury
Mercury the liquid metal is also known as quicksilver