Mercury(element)ppt

1. Mercury (Element)
Merry Rose R. Claro
STEM 12-A

2. BEWARE!
Mercury is
highly
toxic. It is
poisonous!
Liquid Mercury

4. Mercury is located
in Period 6.
Group # 12
Group Name- 12B
Bohr Diagram of
Mercury

5. The History and the
Discovery of Element
* It was the ancient the ancient Chinese and
Hindus who were among the first people that
discover the element Mercury. It was first
discovered in Egyptian tombs in 1500 B.C..
* The element got its name from the Greek
word “hydrargyrum”meaning “water silver”
because the liquid form is water and shiny
like silver.
* And was named after a Roman God and
planet Mercury.
Mercury Roman
God
Egyptian Tomb

6. Sources of the Element
It is said that Mercury is
found in the Earth’s Crust.
And it is found in coals.
When you burn coal, mercury
is released in the
environment.

7. Where Mercury is Used
Mercury is used for
multiple purposes.In lab
work it is used for creating
thermometers,barometers,
diffusion pumps and other
scientific instruments.

8. Where Mercury is Used
Also Mercury controls electricity
and is used to produced
Mercury-vapor lamps and
advertising signs,mercury switches
and other electronic apparatus.
And Mercury is being used to make
pesticides, mercury cells for caustic
soda and chlorine
production,dental preparations
,batteries and catalysts.

9. At room temperature Mercury
Is a Liquid
Its melting point is -38.83
Celsius.
Boiling point is 356.73 Celsius.

10. Line Spectra of Mercury

11. Resources:
● https://www.semrock.com/mercury-line-spectroscopy.aspx
● https://www.livescience.com/39232-facts-about-
mercury.html
● http://hyperphysics.phy-
astr.gsu.edu/hbase/quantum/atspect2.html