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Ansar
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| Wy mercury is liquid?
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adrian
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| Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 8:31 pm Post subject: |
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| why not?
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hwguy
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| Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 1:26 pm Post subject: |
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| I think that the answer is "it just is" ive red a few suggestions about it having a full electron shell but i have never seen an adequite and proven explanation
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adrian
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| Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 7:01 pm Post subject: mercury |
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| Well, let's start! Maybe you'll find somethig via Russell Saunders symbol.
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Lou1024
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"Mercury is a liquid at room temperature because the "relativistic contraction" of its atomic orbitals makes it behave chemically almost like a noble gas, not wanting to share electrons with other atoms, even other mercury atoms!"
http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/may97/862179191.Ch.r.html
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hwguy
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| Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 10:23 pm Post subject: |
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| hmm good point it will be a 1s.
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