mercury

Mercury, also called quicksilver, is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Hg (Latinized Greek: hydrargyrum, meaning watery or liquid silver) and atomic number 80. A heavy, silvery transition metal, mercury is one of five elements that are liquid at or near room temperature and pressure. (The others are the metals caesium, francium, and gallium, and the non-metal bromine.)

Mercury is used in thermometers, barometers and other scientific apparatus, though concerns about the element's toxicity have led to mercury thermometers being largely phased out in clinical environments in favour of alcohol-filled, digital or thermistor-based instruments. It remains in use in a number of other ways in scientific and scientific research applications, and in dental amalgam. Mercury is mostly obtained by reduction from the mineral, cinnabar.

Mercury occurs in deposits throughout the world and it is relatively harmless in an insoluble form, such as mercuric sulfide, but it is poisonous in soluble forms such as mercuric chloride or methylmercury.



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Material database: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) - SRM 1568a - Rice Flour
Material database: JRC - Joint Research Centre - ERM-EC681m - Polyethylene (high level)
Instrument database: Agilent Technologies Inc. - 7500ce ICP-MS
Instrument database: Tekran Instruments Corporation - Model 1135 Particulate Mercury Unit
Directory of scientists: Mathilde Monperrus
Directory of scientists: Carlos Bendicho Hernández
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Link database: ATSDR: ToxFAQs for Mercury
Material database: RECIPE Chemicals + Instruments GmbH - ClinChek 8840 Whole blood, lyophilized, trace elements level I: LOT 445
Material database: RECIPE Chemicals + Instruments GmbH - ClinChek 8847 Urine Control lyophilised / trace elements level I
Instrument database: Aurora Instruments Ltd. - LUMINA 3300 Atomic Fluorescence Spectrometer
Material database: IRMM - Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements - BCR-141R - Trace elements in calcareous loam soil
Material database: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) - SRM 2448 - Mercury in Brominated Activated Carbon
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Instrument database: Shawcity Ltd. - AMI - Autozeroing Mercury Indicator.
Material database: JRC - Joint Research Centre - BCR-278R - Mussel tissue
Material database: Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares (IPEN) - Dourada-1