mercury

Summary

mercury is a chemical element^[1]. mercury ranks in the top 2% of chemical_element entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,954 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• mercury's instance of is recorded as chemical element^[3].
• mercury's instance of is recorded as metal^[4].
• mercury's instance of is recorded as superconducting element^[5].
• mercury's instance of is recorded as chalcophile element^[6].
• water is named after mercury^[7].
• silver is named after mercury^[8].
• Mercury is named after mercury^[9].
• mercury is made of cinnabar^[10].
• mercury is made of metacinnabar^[11].
• mercury is made of sphalerite^[12].
• mercury is made of corderoite^[13].
• mercury is made of livingstonite^[14].
• mercury's canonical SMILES is recorded as [Hg]^[15].
• mercury's element symbol is recorded as Hg^[16].
• mercury's chemical formula is recorded as Hg^[17].
• mercury is a type of post-transition metal^[18].
• mercury is part of period 6^[19].
• mercury is part of group 12^[20].
• mercury is part of mercury (II) reductase activity^[21].
• mercury is part of tailings^[22].
• mercury is used for nuclear reactor coolant^[23].
• mercury's Commons category is recorded as Mercury (element)^[24].
• mercury's Unicode character is recorded as 汞^[25].
• mercury's Unicode character is recorded as ☿^[26].
• mercury's crystal system is recorded as trigonal crystal system^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include chemical element^[3], metal^[4], superconducting element^[5], and chalcophile element^[6]. mercury is a type of post-transition metal^[18].

Origins

Things named after include water^[7], a type of chemical entity^[28]; silver^[8], a chemical element^[29]; and Mercury^[9], a Roman deity^[30].

Use and Application

mercury is used for nuclear reactor coolant^[23]. Part of include period 6^[19], a period^[31]; group 12^[20], a group^[32]; mercury (II) reductase activity^[21]; and tailings^[22].

Influence

Things named for mercury include red mercury^[33], a fictional material^[34], in Soviet Union^[35]; inch of mercury^[36], an unit of pressure^[37]; and millimetre of mercury^[38], an unit of pressure^[39].

Why It Matters

mercury ranks in the top 2% of chemical_element entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,954 views/month).^[2] mercury has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[40] mercury is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[41]

Entities named for mercury include red mercury^[33], a fictional material^[34], in Soviet Union^[35]; inch of mercury^[36], an unit of pressure^[37]; and millimetre of mercury^[38], an unit of pressure^[39].