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Yes, Mercury can be heated up. Heat energy will cause mercury atoms to move more and spread out. This is actually how old thermometers would work. The higher the temperature, the more the particles would move and the more the liquid would expand. This would fill up the glass tube on the thermometer and make it possible to tell the temperature.
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How is element mercury purified or extracted?
Mercury is extracted from cinnabar by heating and collecting the vapors. In factories, the rock is ground up into a fine powder which is then heated.
What liquid expands when heated?
All liquids expand when heated. e.g. Mercury in a thermometer. One exception may be water when heated form 0 to 4 degrees Celsius.
Why are thermometers made with alcohol instead of water?
thermometers are made out of mercury and alcohol because mercury expands when it is heated
Mercury can vaporize if heated This means that with enough heat mercury can?
be changed into a gas
What happens when a piece of metal is always heated?
It will bend eventually because u have heated it up so much it wouldn't be able to function It becomes molten like the lava in the earth.
When heated mercury oxide produces oxygen plus mercury what would be the combined mass of oxygen and mercury if 20g of mercury oxide were heated?
If 20g of mercury oxide were heated, the combined mass of oxygen and mercury would be 20 grams.
When Mercury oxide is heated it forms?
When Hg2+ (mercury oxide) is heated it creates both Hg (liquid mercury) and O2 (oxygen gas)
How is element mercury purified or extracted?
Mercury is extracted from cinnabar by heating and collecting the vapors. In factories, the rock is ground up into a fine powder which is then heated.
Does mercury catch fire when heated?
no
Why is Mercury in thermommeters?
mercury is a liquid metal that when heated can determine tempreture in thermometers
If the substance is warmer then the Mercury in the thermometer the Mercury will?
If Mercury (element) is heated then like every other substance it expands.
Why was Mercury used for thermometers?
Mercury is a liquid at room temperature; this made it a useful substance in thermometers. As the mercury heated up, it expanded; this indicated the temperature of the surroundings. Similarly, the colder it got, the more the mercury 'shrunk' so it indicated the low temperature.
Why mercury is heated faster than water?
in mercury the molecules are closser with respect to the molecular structure of the water. so when both of them are heated , there will be more molecular collision in mercury than in water. that's why , when both of them are heated to the same extend mercury produces more heat than water.
What would be the combined mass of the released oxygen and mercury if 20g of mercury oxide were heated?
10
Why does the liquid expand in a thermometer when it gets hotter?
In a thermometer is a liquid metal called Mercury, so the liquid expands when it is heated up.
What is the word equation for solid mercury two oxide breads down when heated forming the elements mercury and oxygen?
Mercury+Oxygen----> Mercury Oxide
What are examples of thermal expansion and contraction?
the Mercury in a thermometer expands when heated and contracts when the temperature cools down.
