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Mercury, ₈₀Hg

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Mercury
Appearance	shiny, silvery liquid
Standard atomic weight Ar°(Hg)
	200.592±0.003 200.59±0.01 (abridged)
Mercury in the periodic table
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Atomic number (Z)	80
Group	group 12
Period	period 6
Block	d-block
Electron configuration	[Xe] 4f14 5d10 6s2
Electrons per shell	2, 8, 18, 32, 18, 2
Physical properties
Phase at STP	liquid
Melting point	234.3210 K ​(−38.8290 °C, ​−37.8922 °F)
Boiling point	629.88 K ​(356.73 °C, ​674.11 °F)
Density (near r.t.)	13.546 g/cm3
Triple point	234.3156 K, ​1.65 × 10−7 kPa
Critical point	1750 K, 172.00 MPa
Heat of fusion	2.29 kJ/mol
Heat of vaporization	59.11 kJ/mol
Molar heat capacity	27.983 J/(mol·K)
Vapor pressure P (Pa) 1 10 100 1 k 10 k 100 k at T (K) 315 350 393 449 523 629
Atomic properties
Oxidation states	common: +1, +2 −2
Electronegativity	Pauling scale: 2.00
Ionization energies	1st: 1007.1 kJ/mol 2nd: 1810 kJ/mol 3rd: 3300 kJ/mol
Atomic radius	empirical: 151 pm
Covalent radius	132±5 pm
Van der Waals radius	155 pm
Color lines in a spectral range Spectral lines of mercury
Other properties
Natural occurrence	primordial
Crystal structure	​rhombohedral (hR1)
Lattice constants	Rhombohedral crystal structure for mercury ar = 301.06 pm α = 70.529° ah = 347.64 pm ch = 673.20 pm (at triple point)
Thermal expansion	60.4 µm/(m⋅K) (at 25 °C)
Thermal conductivity	8.30 W/(m⋅K)
Electrical resistivity	961 nΩ⋅m (at 25 °C)
Magnetic ordering	diamagnetic
Molar magnetic susceptibility	−33.44×10−6 cm3/mol (293 K)
Speed of sound	liquid: 1451.4 m/s (at 20 °C)
CAS Number	7439-97-6
History
Discovery	Ancient Egyptians (before 1500 BCE)
Symbol	"Hg": from its Latin name hydrargyrum, itself from Greek hydrárgyros, 'water-silver'
Isotopes of mercury
Main isotopes Decay abun­dance half-life (t1/2) mode pro­duct 194Hg synth 444 y ε 194Au 195Hg synth 9.9 h β+ 195Au 196Hg 0.15% stable 197Hg synth 64.14 h ε 197Au 198Hg 10.0% stable 199Hg 16.9% stable 200Hg 23.1% stable 201Hg 13.2% stable 202Hg 29.7% stable 203Hg synth 46.612 d β− 203Tl 204Hg 6.82% stable

Hg · Mercury
Au ← ibox Au	iso 80 Hg  [] IB-Hg [] IBisos []	→ Tl ibox Tl
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child table, as reused in {IB-Hg}
Main isotopes of mercury
Main isotopes Decay abun­dance half-life (t1/2) mode pro­duct 194Hg synth 444 y ε 194Au 195Hg synth 9.9 h β+ 195Au 196Hg 0.15% stable 197Hg synth 64.14 h ε 197Au 198Hg 10.0% stable 199Hg 16.9% stable 200Hg 23.1% stable 201Hg 13.2% stable 202Hg 29.7% stable 203Hg synth 46.612 d β− 203Tl 204Hg 6.82% stable

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most stable isotope
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