Mercury. Mercury cycle

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Mercury. Mercury cycle

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2. Plan: 1. Definition about mercury; 2. Etymology of mercury; 3. Properties; 4. Occurrence; 5. Applications; 6.
4. Mercury is a chemical element with symbol Hg and atomic number 80. It is commonly known
5. A heavy, silvery d-block element, mercury is the only metallic element that is liquid at standard
6. Mercury occurs in deposits throughout the world mostly as cinnabar (mercuric sulfide). The red pigment vermilion
8. Etymology Hg is the modern chemical symbol for mercury. It comes from hydrargyrum, a Latinized form
9. Properties Physical properties Mercury is a heavy, silvery-white liquid metal. Compared to other metals, it is
10. It has a freezing point of −38.83 °C and a boiling point of 356.73 °C, both
12. Chemical properties Mercury does not react with most acids, such as dilute sulfuric acid, although oxidizing
13. Occurrence Mercury is an extremely rare element in Earth's crust, having an average crustal abundance by
14. Applications Mercury is used primarily for the manufacture of industrial chemicals or for electrical and electronic
15. The bulb of a mercury-in-glass thermometer
16. Medicine Mercury and its compounds have been used in medicine, although they are much less common
17. Amalgam filling
18. Mercury cycle The mercury cycle is a biogeochemical cycle involving mercury. Mercury is notable for being
21. Processes Most natural mercury occurs as cinnabar, HgS. Here mercury (Hg2+) is bound very tightly to
22. Chlorine factories, among other sources, release mercury into the atmosphere. This mercury is deposited back onto
23. Anthropogenic emissions of mercury The human-generated half can be divided into the following estimated percentages: *65%
24. *11% from gold production. The three largest point sources for mercury emissions in the U.S. are
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Plan: 1. Definition about mercury; 2. Etymology of mercury; 3. Properties; 4. Occurrence; 5. Applications; 6.

Medicine; 7. Mercury cycle.

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Mercury is a chemical element with symbol Hg and atomic number 80. It is commonly known

as quicksilver and was formerly named hydrargyrum.

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A heavy, silvery d-block element, mercury is the only metallic element that is

liquid at standard conditions for temperature and pressure; the only other element that is liquid under these conditions is bromine, though metals such as calesium, gallium, and rubidium melt just above room temperature.

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Mercury occurs in deposits throughout the world mostly as cinnabar (mercuric sulfide).

The red pigment vermilion is obtained by grinding natural cinnabar or synthetic mercuric sulfide. Mercury is used in thermometers, barometers, manometers, sphygmomanometers, float valves, mercury switches, mercury relays, fluorescent lamps and other devices, though concerns about the element's toxicity have led to mercury thermometers and sphygmomanometers being largely phased out in clinical environments in favor of alternatives such as alcohol- or galinstan-filled glass thermometers and thermistor- or infrared-based electronic instruments.

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Etymology Hg is the modern chemical symbol for mercury. It comes from hydrargyrum,

a Latinized form of the Greek word (hydrargyros), which is a compound word meaning "water-silver" (from - hydr-, the root , "water," and argyros "silver") – since it is liquid like water and shiny like silver.

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Properties Physical properties Mercury is a heavy, silvery-white liquid metal.

Compared to other metals, it is a poor conductor of heat, but a fair conductor of electricity

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It has a freezing point of −38.83 °C and a boiling point of 356.73 °C, both the

lowest of any metal. Upon freezing, the volume of mercury decreases by 3.59% and its density changes from 13.69 g/cm3 when liquid to 14.184 g/cm3 when solid. The coefficient of volume expansion is 181.59 × 10−6 at 0 °C, 181.71 × 10−6 at 20 °C and 182.50 × 10−6 at 100 °C (per °C). Solid mercury is malleable and ductile and can be cut with a knife.

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Chemical properties Mercury does not react with most acids, such

as dilute sulfuric acid, although oxidizing acids such as concentrated sulfuric acid and nitric acid or aqua regia dissolve it to give sulfate, nitrate, and chloride. Like silver, mercury reacts with atmospheric hydrogen sulfide. Mercury reacts with solid sulfur flakes, which are used in mercury spill kits to absorb mercury (spill kits also use activated carbon and powdered zinc).

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Occurrence Mercury is an extremely rare element in Earth's crust, having

an average crustal abundance by mass of only 0.08 parts per million (ppm). Because it does not blend geochemically with those elements that constitute the majority of the crustal mass, mercury ores can be extraordinarily concentrated considering the element's abundance in ordinary rock.

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Applications Mercury is used primarily for the manufacture of industrial

chemicals or for electrical and electronic applications. It is used in some thermometers, especially ones which are used to measure high temperatures. A still increasing amount is used as gaseous mercury in fluorescent lamps, while most of the other applications are slowly phased out due to health and safety regulations and is in some applications replaced with less toxic but considerably more expensive Galinstan alloy.

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The bulb of a mercury-in-glass thermometer

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Medicine Mercury and its compounds have been used in medicine,

although they are much less common today than they once were, now that the toxic effects of mercury and its compounds are more widely understood. The first edition of the Merck's Manual featured many mercuric compounds. Mercury is an ingredient in dental amalgams. Thiomersal (called Thimerosal in the United States) is an organic compound used as a preservative in vaccines, though this use is in decline.

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Amalgam filling

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Mercury cycle The mercury cycle is a biogeochemical cycle involving mercury. Mercury is notable for

being the only metal which is liquid at room temperature. It is a volatile metal and evaporates, though it takes quite a while to do so.

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Processes Most natural mercury occurs as cinnabar, HgS. Here mercury (Hg2+) is

bound very tightly to sulfur, but weathering slowly releases the mercury to the environment. There are also trace amounts of mercury in coal. Mining mercury or burning coal results in releasing mercury. Volcanoes and forest fires are also sources of mercury.

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Chlorine factories, among other sources, release mercury into the atmosphere. This mercury

is deposited back onto land and water. Inorganic mercury can be converted by bacteria into the organometallic cation known as methylmercury, CH3Hg+,which bioaccumulates in fish such as tuna and swordfish. Over long periods of time, some mercury recombines with sulfur and is buried in sediments. Then, the cycle repeats itself

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Anthropogenic emissions of mercury The human-generated half can be divided

into the following estimated percentages: *65% from stationary combustion, of which coal-fired power plants are the largest aggregate source (40% of U.S. mercury emissions in 1999). This includes power plants fueled with gas where the mercury has not been removed. Emissions from coal combustion are between one and two orders of magnitude higher than emissions from oil combustion, depending on the country.

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*11% from gold production. The three largest point sources for

mercury emissions in the U.S. are the three largest gold mines. Hydrogeochemical release of mercury from gold-mine tailings has been accounted as a significant source of atmospheric mercury in eastern Canada.