Mercury

Mercury: physical properties

Temperatures

• Melting point: 234.32 [or -38.83 °C (-37.89 °F)] K
• Boiling point: 629.88 [or 356.73 °C (674.11 °F)] K (liquid range: 395.56  K
• Critical temperature: 1750 [or 1477 °C (2691 °F)] K
• Superconduction temperature: 3.95 [or -269.2 °C (-452.6 °F)] K

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Expansion and conduction properties

• Thermal conductivity: 8.3  W m^-1 K^-1
• Coefficient of linear thermal expansion: no data  x 10^-6 K^-1

Bulk properties

• Density of solid: no data  kg m^-3
• Molar volume: 14.09  cm³
• Velocity of sound: 1407  m s^-1

Elastic properties

• Youngs modulus: no data  GPa
• Rigidity modulus: no data  GPa
• Bulk modulus: 25  GPa
• Poissons ratio: no data  (no units)

Hardnesses

• Mineral hardness: 1.5  (no units)
• Brinell hardness: no data  MN m^-2
• Vickers hardness: no data  MN m^-2

Electrical properties

• Electrical resistivity: 96  10^-8 Ω m; or mΩ cm

Optical properties

The image above is a virtual representation of mercury metal calculated by Patrick Callet using the complex diectric function of the element only.

• Reflectivity: 73  %
• Refractive index: 1.000933  (no units)

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Mercury	Mercure
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