Directory of Mercury Resources

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Mercury, also known as "Quick Silver," is the 80th element on the Periodic Table. It is a transition metal, and is the only metal that is in liquid form at room temperature. Although it has many practical purposes, it is very toxic and must be used with extreme caution.

Resources in This Category

• ChemicalElements.com: Mercury

  http://www.chemicalelements.com/elements/hg.html
  Basic information, atomic structure, and isotopes.

• EnvironmentalChemistry.com: Mercury : Nuclides

  http://environmentalchemistry.com/yogi/periodic/Hg-pg2.html
  Extensive information on the nuclides of mercury, including potential parent nuclides.

• It's Elemental: Mercury

  http://education.jlab.org/itselemental/ele080.html
  Basic physical and historical information.

• Lenntech: Mercury

  http://www.lenntech.com/Periodic-chart-elements/Hg-en.htm
  Physical data, chemical properties, health and environmental effects.

• Mercury in Space

  http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/phy99/phy99189.htm
  Answers the question of what happens to Mercury in space.

• Mercury in the Laboratory

  http://www.ilpi.com/safety/mercury.html
  Practical considerations when working with mercury in the laboratory.

• Quicksilver Scientific

  http://www.quicksilverscientific.com/
  Mercury-specific analytical company that specializes in the separation and direct measurement of methylmercury and inorganic mercury in any clinical or environmental sample.

• Radiochemistry of Mercury

  http://library.lanl.gov/cgi-bin/getfile?rc000030.pdf
  Full text of the monograph by Josef Roesmer (Westinghouse Astronuclear Laboratory, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania).

• USGS Minerals Information: Mercury

  http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/mercury/
  Statistics and information on the worldwide supply, demand, and flow of the element (PDF format).

• Vermont Legislative Research Shop - Mercury Information

  http://www.uvm.edu/~vlrs/doc/mercury.htm
  Features basic information about Mercury, as well as its harmful effects and legislation concerning Mercury in some American States.

• WebElements: Mercury

  http://www.webelements.com/mercury/
  Contains extensive information about Mercury, as well as pictures and videos that show its physical appearance and how it reacts with certain chemicals.

• Why is Mercury liquid at room temperature?

  http://www.zyra.org.uk/mercliq.htm
  Explores the question of why Mercury is liquid at room temperature. It also provides some links to other sites regarding this chemistry quandary.

• Wikipedia: Mercury

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_(element)
  Properties of the element, including its history, applications, and characteristics.

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