elemental mercury

Hg. Mercury in its elemental (pure) form, that is, as a metal; hence the synonym metallic mercury. A shiny, silver-gray metal that is a liquid at room temperature.
Elemental mercury has many uses and is for instance found in thermometers, barometers, dental amalgams, batteries, fluorescent lights and some electrical switches. It is rarely found in nature.



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Instrument database: Tekran Instruments Corporation - Model 2500 CVAFS Mercury Detector
Link database: Princeton University: Mercury Cycling and Methylation
Link database: Exposure to Elemental Mercury
Mercury is converted to oxidized species in the upper atmosphere facilitating its entrance into the food chain | EVISA's News
ERM-AE671: A new Certified Reference Material to make methylmercury measurements in food more reliable | EVISA's News
Microbeam analysis of dental amalgam reveals high mobility of mercury | EVISA's News
Mercury Toxicity: A Brief Overview | EVISA's News
Toxic Methylmercury-Producing Microbes More Widespread Than Realized | EVISA's News
Link database: Medscape: Mercury toxicity
Link database: Toxicity of Mercury
Most Canadians having dental amalgam in their mouth are exposed to mercury at levels surpassing the reference exposure level (REL) | EVISA's News
Link database: Illinois Teratogen Information Service: Methylmercury and Pregnancy
Mercury contaminated freshwater fish from the NE United States: Where does the mercury come from ? | EVISA's News
Instrument database: Mercury Instruments GmbH - Mercury Stack Monitor SM-3
A new study finds: Inorganic mercury stays in the brain for years if not decades | EVISA's News
Link database: US EPA: Mercury Use: Automotive sector
Instrument database: Tekran Instruments Corporation - Model 1135 Particulate Mercury Unit
Mercury "speciation analysis" by using thermal desorption analysis | EVISA's News
Link database: Blacksmith Institute: mercury pollution
Bacterial methylation of mercury not only starting from oxidized mercury | EVISA's News