mercury
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mercury
Summary
mercury is a chemical element[1]. mercury ranks in the top 2% of chemical_element entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (53,250 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- mercury's instance of is recorded as chemical element[3].
- mercury's instance of is recorded as superconducting element[4].
- mercury's instance of is recorded as chalcophile element[5].
- water is named after mercury[6].
- silver is named after mercury[7].
- Mercury is named after mercury[8].
- mercury is made of cinnabar[9].
- mercury is made of metacinnabar[10].
- mercury is made of sphalerite[11].
- mercury is made of corderoite[12].
- mercury is made of livingstonite[13].
- mercury's canonical SMILES is recorded as [Hg][14].
- mercury's element symbol is recorded as Hg[15].
- mercury's chemical formula is recorded as Hg[16].
- mercury is a type of post-transition metal[17].
- mercury is a type of d-block[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 part of transition metal[23].
- mercury is used for nuclear reactor coolant[24].
- mercury's Commons category is recorded as Mercury (element)[25].
- mercury's Unicode character is recorded as 汞[26].
- mercury's Unicode character is recorded as ☿[27].
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Definition and Type
Recorded instance of include chemical element[3], superconducting element[4], and chalcophile element[5]. Recorded subclass of include post-transition metal[17] and d-block[18].
Origins
Things named after include water[6], a type of chemical entity[28]; silver[7], a chemical element[29]; and Mercury[8], a Roman deity[30].
Use and Application
mercury is used for nuclear reactor coolant[24]. Part of include period 6[19], a period[31]; group 12[20], a group[32]; mercury (II) reductase activity[21]; tailings[22]; and transition metal[23].
Influence
Things named for mercury include red mercury[33], a fictional material[34], in Soviet Union[35]; millimetre of mercury[36], an unit of pressure[37]; and inch 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 (53,250 views/month).[2] mercury has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] mercury is known by 77 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]
Entities named for mercury include red mercury[33], a fictional material[34], in Soviet Union[35]; millimetre of mercury[36], an unit of pressure[37]; and inch of mercury[38], an unit of pressure[39].