Mercury
Claiming the life of Karen Wetterhahn, this chemical element has been proven mesmerizing but also fatally dangerous. Today I will be talking about the physical and chemical properties of Mercury, How the properties of mercury are useful in society, and the harmful effects mercury has to the human and environment.
Mercury has 5 main physical properties including color, luster, conductivity, surface tension, and density. The chemical properties of Mercury include toxicity, oxidation, the reactivity of acid, and amalgam. The color of mercury is silver and has a reflective like surface. Mercury has a mirror like luster. Conductivity in mercury is fairly high, the chemical element can transmit heat and electricity well. …show more content…
Mercury has a density of 13,594 kg/m3 making it a highly dense element. Mercury is highly toxic to a point where the exposure to less than a gram of liquid mercury can cause mercury poisoning. Mercury has low oxidation, the chemical element has little to no reaction when exposed to oxygen in the air. Mercury in general reacts with acids, the element reacts with some acids that are warm but has no affect to most cold acids. Mercury forms a chemical property called amalgam which is a liquid mercury mixed with metal alloy mixture used to fill cavities caused by tooth decay.
Mercury is very useful in society, for example due to mercury's high density the element is used in thermometers, barometers, and manometers. Mercury is sometimes used in electrical gear like switches. Mercury used to be widely used in batteries and fluorescent lights, they are still used for such things but it's very uncommon. Mercury has been widely used in the medical department. Mercury and its compounds are used in amalgam to fill cavities. These are some of the many uses mercury and its properties have in
Claiming the life of Karen Wetterhahn, this chemical element has been proven mesmerizing but also fatally dangerous. Today I will be talking about the physical and chemical properties of Mercury, How the properties of mercury are useful in society, and the harmful effects mercury has to the human and environment.
Mercury has 5 main physical properties including color, luster, conductivity, surface tension, and density. The chemical properties of Mercury include toxicity, oxidation, the reactivity of acid, and amalgam. The color of mercury is silver and has a reflective like surface. Mercury has a mirror like luster. Conductivity in mercury is fairly high, the chemical element can transmit heat and electricity well. …show more content…
Mercury has a density of 13,594 kg/m3 making it a highly dense element. Mercury is highly toxic to a point where the exposure to less than a gram of liquid mercury can cause mercury poisoning. Mercury has low oxidation, the chemical element has little to no reaction when exposed to oxygen in the air. Mercury in general reacts with acids, the element reacts with some acids that are warm but has no affect to most cold acids. Mercury forms a chemical property called amalgam which is a liquid mercury mixed with metal alloy mixture used to fill cavities caused by tooth decay.
Mercury is very useful in society, for example due to mercury's high density the element is used in thermometers, barometers, and manometers. Mercury is sometimes used in electrical gear like switches. Mercury used to be widely used in batteries and fluorescent lights, they are still used for such things but it's very uncommon. Mercury has been widely used in the medical department. Mercury and its compounds are used in amalgam to fill cavities. These are some of the many uses mercury and its properties have in