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Mercury

Mercury. By: Keshena Theanza 7.2. TABLE OF CONTENT (Click the box!). What is Mercury?. Property of Mercury!. What is it use for?. Fish Consumption. COOL FACTS!!!. HISTORY!!. Danger of It…. PICTURE!! GALLERY!! SNAP!!. WORKCITED!. EXTRA INFORMAITON!!. Property of Mercury!.

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Mercury

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  1. Mercury By: Keshena Theanza 7.2

  2. TABLE OF CONTENT (Click the box!) What is Mercury? Property of Mercury! What is it use for? Fish Consumption COOL FACTS!!! HISTORY!! Danger of It…. PICTURE!! GALLERY!! SNAP!! WORKCITED! EXTRA INFORMAITON!!

  3. Property of Mercury! • Melting point: 38,58ºc • Boiling point: 356,58ºc • Density: 13,6 g (per cubic) • Atomic weight: 200,5 g • Atomic Number: 80 • Classification: Transition Metal • Color: Silvery White • Discoverer: unknown HYDRARGYRUM (Latin Name)

  4. What is Mercury??? • Dangerous but useful • Heaviest elemental liquid known • Does not stick in metals • Very dense- 13,53 g (per meter cubic) • Poor heat conductor • Good electricity conductor • Mercury : Transition Metal

  5. What is it use for? • Thermometers • Diffusion pumps • Barometer • Mercury vapor lamps • Batteries • Dental preparation • Pigments • Instruments • Mirror MERCURY!! MERCURY!!

  6. Fish Consumption • Fish are dangerous for us to eat because mercury goes to its muscle, a part of fish which we eat.

  7. COOL FACTS! • Bricks, Cannonball, leads, iron, and lumps could float on mercury • Gold sinks like sugar in tea • Named after a Roman God (Speed and Mobility) • Absorbs trough skin without open scars (dangerous)

  8. HISTORY!! • Ancient Greeks  Ointments • Romans  Cosmetics • China, Indians and Tibet  Heal factures, Stay healthy and prolong life. • Important  Dental Amalgams • Found at Egyptian tombs (1500 b.c )

  9. Danger of it…. • Cause several sickness- • Emotional labity • Insomnia • Dementia • Hallucination • Nerve system damaged • Kidney failure • DEATH!!

  10. EXTRA INFORMATION! • Mercury  bad for breathing • Mercury  Quicksilver (not surf-wears) • Mercury  Greek word • Mercury  Good light  dangerous • Mercury  Metal  No magnet • Mercury  Deadly element • Mercury  Beats aluminum • Hydrargyrum(Water and silver) Latin-ized word

  11. WORKCITED!! • The Element Mercury. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Apr. 2010. <http://www.zyra.org.uk/‌mercury3.htm>. • The Element Mercury. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Apr. 2010. <http://education.jlab.org/‌itselemental/‌ele080.html>. • Facts about Mercury. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Apr. 2010. <http://www.facts- about.org.uk/‌science-element-mercury.htm>. • Helmenstine, Anne Marie. Mercury Facts. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Apr. 2010. <http://chemistry.about.com/‌od/‌elementfacts/‌a/‌mercury.htm>. • Mercury. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Apr. 2010. <http://www.tamuk.edu/‌chemistry/‌webelements/‌mercury_element. htm>. • Mercury. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Apr. 2010. <http://www.carondelet.pvt.k12.ca.us/‌Family/‌Science/‌Shiny/‌MERCURYpage. htm>. • Mercury Element. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Apr. 2010. <http://www.spiritus- temporis.com/‌mercury-element-/‌history.html>. • “Mercury in the Enviroment.” USGS. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Apr. 2010. <http://www.usgs.gov/‌themes/‌factsheet/‌146-00/>.

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