MERCURY

ATOMIC NUMBER AND WEIGHT

• Atomic number: 80
• Atomic weight: 200.59

POINTS OF CHANGE

• Melting: 234.82K, -38.83C, -37.89F
• Boiling: 629.88K, 356.73C, 674.11F

PROPERTIES

• Density: 13.5336g/cm^3
• Phase at room temp: liquid
• Element classification: transition metal

PERIOD AND GROUP

• Period: 6
• Group: 12

AMOUNT OF ELECTRONS

• First Energy Level: 2
• Second Energy Level: 8
• Third Energy Level: 18
• Fourth Energy Level: 32
• Fifth Energy Level: 18

AMOUNT OF ELECTRONS IN EACH RING CONT.

• Sixth Energy Level: 2

USES

• Thermometers
• Barometers
• Silent positioned dependent switches
• Street lights (mercury vapor)
• Fluorescent lamps (mercury vapor)

COMBINES TO MAKE COMMONLY USED ALLOYS WITH

• Gold
• Silver
• Zinc
• Cadmium

FOODS FOUND IN

• Fish
• Rice
• High fructose corn syrup

Puns for Mahomey
Did you know that oxygen went on a second date with potassium?
It went OK2

Puns for Mahomey
What do you do with a sick chemist?
If you can't helium, and you can't curium, then you might as well barium!
:)