Why is Mercury in liquid state unlike any other metal?

Answer 1

It is a property of that element.

Mercury is silver in color, another property of that element. Gold, an element, is solid at room temperature. It has different properties, hence, we identify it as a separate, different element.

Answer 2

That's actually an awkward question... mercury can be a solid. in fact all elements can be solid, liquid, or a gas... it all depends on the temperature of the element and what their melting/freezing point is... like water happens to be a liquid at room temperature but a solid when it's very cool (ice)... mercury's melting point happens to be low enough that room temp. is hot enough to melt it... thus explains why we often see mercury as a liquid

Answer 3

Mercury is a liquid at room temperature because it has a low melting point due to weak metallic bonding forces between its atoms. These weak forces allow the atoms to move past each other easily, resulting in a liquid state at room temperature.

Answer 4

Because, every other METAL element is solid at room temperature. Mercury is also very dense, so that an iron cannonball or an ingot of gold would float in it.

Answer 5

Mercury is the only metal that is a liquid at room temperature, because it is poor at sharing electrons.

Answer 6

The intense solar wind of the young sun stripped most of the lighter, gas-forming materials out of the system, leaving mostly rock and metal to form the inner planets.