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Mercury

Metal

Mercury

Element with atomic number 80, symbol Hg, atomic weight 200.59, mp -38.84 ºC, specific gravity 13.55. A silvery white metal which is liquid at room temperature. The earliest extractions were carried out by roasting cinnabar, mercury sulphide, in an oxidizing atmosphere and collecting the mercury by distillation.