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ThriceGreatHermes

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Mercury
« on: October 07, 2005, 10:02:43 PM »
does anyone know where i can find a diagram of the molecular structure of mercury. (need pictures), thanks
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Re:Mercury
« Reply #1 on: October 07, 2005, 10:11:41 PM »
Do you mean of pure mercury? or a mercury containing compound?

I think mercury is just Hg
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Re:Mercury
« Reply #2 on: October 07, 2005, 10:13:11 PM »
i mean pure mercury, i know that its hg but it has to have some sort of structure to it's molecules
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Re:Mercury
« Reply #3 on: October 07, 2005, 10:15:10 PM »
Mercury is a liquid though.
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Re:Mercury
« Reply #4 on: October 07, 2005, 10:16:27 PM »
so, everthing has a molecular structure. water is h2O right, and its a liquid
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Re:Mercury
« Reply #5 on: October 07, 2005, 10:19:00 PM »
True, but do you mean the structure of a single water molecule (H2O)? or say, the "structure" of the bulk water sample (ie the hydrogen bonding between water molecules). I think only solids really have structure.
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Re:Mercury
« Reply #6 on: October 07, 2005, 10:22:15 PM »
i mean a single structure of mercury, i need to know what it is (like h2o), do u know it?
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Re:Mercury
« Reply #7 on: October 07, 2005, 10:25:35 PM »
LIke I said before I am pretty sure it is Hg
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Re:Mercury
« Reply #8 on: October 07, 2005, 10:32:09 PM »
sure its not like this? i would use this but i cant understand it so i still need help
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Re:Mercury
« Reply #9 on: October 07, 2005, 10:34:41 PM »
hmmm...

Yes I can be 100% sure that is not mercury (Hg). That is a crystal structure of an organic compound, some kind of subsituted iodobenzene.

mercury is just mercury...
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Re:Mercury
« Reply #10 on: October 07, 2005, 10:36:03 PM »
alrighty then, thanks (maybe that is red mercuric oxide, but i have no clue)
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Re:Mercury
« Reply #11 on: October 07, 2005, 10:41:49 PM »
Your molecule doesn't have any mercury in it, sorry  ;)

mercury is a liquid metal, do you know the structure of any other metals?

If you need to draw a picture of mercury it is most likely just lots of mercury atoms next to each other.
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Re:Mercury
« Reply #12 on: October 08, 2005, 01:06:40 PM »
mercury simply exists by itself, in a lattice-like structure i think.
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Re:Mercury
« Reply #13 on: October 08, 2005, 01:43:50 PM »
Lose the avatar, it's messing up the forum..
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ThriceGreatHermes

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Re:Mercury
« Reply #14 on: October 08, 2005, 11:31:24 PM »
srry, thx everybody
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