80 - Mercury: The Liquid Metal with a Complex Legacy

from Friends of Periodic Table · host Ashwin G

Mercury atomic number 80 is the only liquid metal historically used in thermometers and chemicals but now tightly regulated due to environmental impact and toxicity concerns

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