Workers finish construction on T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on March 28, 2016. AP Photo/John Locher. LAS VEGAS (AP) -- The latest multi-million dollar development on the Las Vegas Strip features a leafy outdoor pedestrian area, 20,000 seat arena and small theater.
A heavy, silvery d-block element, mercury is the only metallic element 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, gallium, and rubidium melt just above room temperature.ercury(II) oxide, the main oxide of mercury, arises when the metal is exposed to air for long periods at elevated temperatures. It reverts to the elements upon heating near 400 Â°C, as was demonstrated by Joseph Priestley in an early synthesis of pure oxygen.
Mercury occurs naturally in the environment and exists in a large number of forms. Like lead or cadmium, mercury is a constituent element of the earth, a heavy metal.In pure form, it is known alternatively as elemental or metallic mercury (also expressed as Hg(0) or Hg 0).Mercury is rarely found in nature as the pure, liquid metal, but rather within compounds and inorganic salts.lemental mercury is a shiny, silver-white metal that is a liquid at room temperature and is traditionally used in thermometers and some electrical switches. If not enclosed, at room temperature some of the metallic mercury will evaporate and form mercury vapours.