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Mercury By: Keshena Theanza 7.2
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TABLE OF CONTENT (Click the box!)
What is Mercury? Property of Mercury! What is it use for? Fish Consumption COOL FACTS!!! HISTORY!! Danger of It…. PICTURE!! GALLERY!! SNAP!! WORKCITED! EXTRA INFORMAITON!!
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Property of Mercury! Melting point: 38,58ºc Boiling point: 356,58ºc
Density: 13,6 g (per cubic) Atomic weight: 200,5 g Atomic Number: 80 Classification: Transition Metal Color: Silvery White Discoverer: unknown HYDRARGYRUM (Latin Name)
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What is Mercury??? Dangerous but useful
Heaviest elemental liquid known Does not stick in metals Very dense- 13,53 g (per meter cubic) Poor heat conductor Good electricity conductor Mercury : Transition Metal
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What is it use for? Thermometers Diffusion pumps Barometer
Mercury vapor lamps Batteries Dental preparation Pigments Instruments Mirror MERCURY!! MERCURY!!
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Fish Consumption Fish are dangerous for us to eat because mercury
goes to its muscle, a part of fish which we eat.
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COOL FACTS! Bricks, Cannonball, leads, iron, and lumps could float on mercury Gold sinks like sugar in tea Named after a Roman God (Speed and Mobility) Absorbs trough skin without open scars (dangerous)
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HISTORY!! Ancient Greeks Ointments Romans Cosmetics
China, Indians and Tibet Heal factures, Stay healthy and prolong life. Important Dental Amalgams Found at Egyptian tombs (1500 b.c )
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Danger of it…. Cause several sickness- Emotional labity Insomnia
Dementia Hallucination Nerve system damaged Kidney failure DEATH!!
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EXTRA INFORMATION! Mercury bad for breathing
Mercury Quicksilver (not surf-wears) Mercury Greek word Mercury Good light dangerous Mercury Metal No magnet Mercury Deadly element Mercury Beats aluminum Hydrargyrum (Water and silver) Latin-ized word
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WORKCITED!! The Element Mercury. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Apr < The Element Mercury. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Apr < Facts about Mercury. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Apr < about.org.uk/science-element-mercury.htm>. Helmenstine, Anne Marie. Mercury Facts. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Apr < Mercury. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Apr < htm>. Mercury. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Apr < htm>. Mercury Element. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Apr < temporis.com/mercury-element-/history.html>. “Mercury in the Enviroment.” USGS. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Apr <
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