24 дек. 2021 г. · It's liquid because of electron configuration. All subshells are filled up and therefore mecury resists removal of an electron unlike p.e. ...

2 мар. 2012 г. · The reason why mercury is a liquid is due to relativistic effects. First, the electronic structure of Hg is [Xe] 4f14 5d10 6s2. Due ...

26 сент. 2022 г. · It's not the only metal that is liquid at room temperature, but it is the only observable elemental metal liquid at room temperature.

21 мая 2024 г. · At room temp mercury is in a liquid state, but becomes a solid at -38.8C. How is this much different from water?

5 февр. 2022 г. · Mercury is special because it has a filled 6s subshell in addition to being a heavy element. This means Mercury resists bonding with other atoms ...

1 дек. 2017 г. · It actually isn't always liquid. The metal mercury still has a telepathic link to its mother planet, so when Mercury gets way closer to the sun ...

8 февр. 2014 г. · The short answer is - they are the only elements with boiling point above and melting point below 300K at 1 atm.

15 апр. 2016 г. · Because of General Relativity! The position of the electrons in the shells is unique in mercury. Because mercury is such a large atom, ...

26 сент. 2022 г. · Why is mercury a liquid at room temperature if it's more dense than most other metals (including almost twice as dense as steel)?.

13 нояб. 2017 г. · The two liquid elements at room temperature, bromine and mercury, are liquid because of similar ideas. Most elements are solid at room ...