Hydragyrum. (Hg) . It is from Latin and means 'Silver Water'.
This is mercury, Hg. The chemical symbol reflects the old greek name which means silver water. Quite a pretty name I think.
mercury is a metal. It is liquid at room temperature.
Neither. Mercury is a metal and it belongs to transition metals.
Mercury and Gallium comes very close also.
You might be thinking of 'quicksilver'.
Planet Mercury and the metal mercury share a name.
This is mercury, Hg. The chemical symbol reflects the old greek name which means silver water. Quite a pretty name I think.
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
transition metal
mercury is a metal. It is liquid at room temperature.
metal---- mercury non metal-----bromine
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 name of the metal that forms an amalgam with other metals is mercury. Mercury can form alloys, known as amalgams, with many metals such as gold, silver, and tin.
Mercury
This is Mercury, Hg. The chemical symbol reflects the old greek name which means silver water. Quite a pretty name I think.