80 Transition Metal

Mercury

RIS 0.039

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Rank#44

Co-citedCd

Physical properties

Category Transition Metal

Block d-block

State Liquid

Config [Xe] 4f14 5d10 6s2

Electronegativity 2.0

Density 13.5336 g/cm³

Melting 234.32 K

Boiling 629.88 K

Ionization 1007.1 kJ/mol

Oxidation +1, +2

Discovered Known since antiquity

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