What happens when Mercury is in water?

Answer 1

Metallic Mercury in water can be dispersed into the water column in several forms;

* Metallic mercury as colloidal dispersions * Soluble mercury salts resulting from the reaction of mercury with chlorides or sulfates * Methylated mercury from the action of aquatic bacteria on metallic mercury * As a contaminant in any of the above forms on soil particles in the water

Methylated mercury is easily taken up by the food chain and can accumulate in predatory fish.

Eventually mercury in the water is deposited with sediments into the bottom of watercourse and will be isolated by subsequent siltation.

Answer 2

H2O as you know is hydrogen and oxygen. and how we would determen what would happen if they where mixed is look at there Atomic Mass. and there orbitals. oxygen has an atomic mass of 16 and hydrogen has an atomic mass of 1. so H2O has an atomic mass of 18. mercury has an atomic mass of 200. so the answer to your question is water will sit ontop of mercury. because it is much much heaver

Answer 3

yes

mercury is more dense than water and therefory in sinks.

Also because it is more dense gravity's fore of attraction is more than it is on the less dense water

Answer 4

You will need to provide more details as mercury Is a metal

Answer 5

No, water and mercury do not mix. Remember that metallic mercury is an extremely dense liquid, about twice as dense as iron. It sinks very rapidly, if you put it in water.

Answer 6

it will polute the water

Answer 7

no it dosent