80Hg

Mercury

Transition Metal

Mercury (Hg) is element 80, a transition metal, in period 6 and group 12 of the periodic table. Its standard atomic weight is 200.592, it melts at -38.83 °C and boils at 356.73 °C. It has been known since antiquity.

Atomic Number80

SymbolHg

NameMercury

Atomic Weight200.592 u

CategoryTransition Metal

Period6

Group12

Melting Point-38.83 °C

Boiling Point356.73 °C

Density13.5336 g/cm³

Electron Config[Xe] 4f14 5d10 6s2

Discovered ByKnown since antiquity

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