Mercury
Electron Configuration
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General Properties
| Atomic Symbol | Hg |
| Atomic Weight | 200.59 g/mol |
| Element Number | 80 |
| Standard State | Liquid |
| Standard Type | Weakly Basic |
| Date of Discovery | -- |
| Discoverer | -- |
Physical Properties
| Oxidation States | 2, 1 |
| Boiling Point | 629.88 K |
| Melting Point | 234.31 K |
| Density | 13.55 g/cm³ |
| Electron Configuration | [Xe]4f14,5d10,6s2 |
| Acid/Base Properties | Basic |
| Crystal Structure | Rhombohedral |
| Electronegativity | 2.00 |
| Heat of Vaporization | 59.30 kJ/mol |
| Heat of Fusion | 2.292 kJ/mol |
| Electrical Conductivity | 1.0 10^6omg-¹cm-¹ |
| Thermal Conductivity | 8.34 Wm-¹K-¹ (at 300 K) |
| Specific Heat Capacity | 0.140 Jg-¹K-¹ (at 300 K) |
| First Ionization Potential | 10.437 |
| Atomic Volume | 14.80 cm³/mol |
| Atomic Radius | 1.60 Å |
| Covalent Radius | 1.49 Å |
| Synthetic | No |