Mercury is a chemical element with the symbol Hg and atomic number 80. It is also known as quicksilver or hydrargyrum (< Greek "hydr - '' water and "argyros '' silver). A heavy, silvery d - block element, mercury is the only metal that is liquid at standard conditions for temperature and pressure; the only other element that is liquid under these conditions is bromine, though metals such as caesium, francium, gallium, and rubidium melt just above room temperature. With a freezing point of − 38.83 ° C and boiling point of 356.73 ° C, mercury has one of the narrowest ranges of its liquid state of any metal.
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