MERCURY ELEMENT PROJECT

HISTORY

• Comes from cinnabar ore, fossil fuels
• Discovered in 2000 BC in Egyptian tombs
• Discovered Mercury
• Used because it was thought to give better health to the Egyptians
• Symbol: Hg

PERIODIC PROPERTIES

• Family: Transitional Metals
• Period: 6
• Atomic Number: 80
• Atomic Weight: 200.59 amu
• Ionization Energy: 1004.6 kJ

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• Electron Affinity: 0 kJ mol -1
• Electron Configuration:
• 1s^2 2s^2p^6 3s^2p^6d^10 4s^2p^6d^10f^14 5s^2p^6d^106s^2

ORBITAL NOTATION

ELECTRON DOT FORMULA

PHYSICAL PROPERTIES

• Heavy
• Silvery-white color
• Poor conductor of heat
• Fair conductor of electricity
• Low melting and boiling points

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• Breaks up into tiny droplets
• Liquid at room temperature
• Non-combustible liquid
• High surface tension
• Slightly soluble in water

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES

• Does not react with most acids
• Oxidizing acids dissolve it
• Creates amalgams with gold and silver

HISTORY OF THE NAME

• Named after the planet Mercury
• Means liquid silver

BOHR MODEL

COST PER GRAM

• Per gram, Mercury cost $0.0174
• $1.74 per 100g
• 174/100= $0.0174

USES FOR MERCURY

• Advertising signs
• Mercury switches
• Fluorescent lamps
• Barometers
• Thermometers

RECAP

• We learned about the element Mercury
• We learned about its periodic, physical, and chemical properties
• We also saw many diagrams to help describe the element

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