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Atoms of this metallic element bond weakly with others of their kind, so it's a liquid as low as 72 degrees mercury $800 DJ SCIENCE QUIZ 2025-07-15 #9377
Hg is the symbol for this element mercury $1,200 DJ SCIENCE 2021-03-03 #8348
It orbits the Sun at an average distance of 36 million miles Mercury $600 J SCIENCE SURVEY 2013-11-19 #6712
In 1911 Heike Onnes first observed superconductivity when he cooled this slippery element to -452 degrees Fahrenheit mercury $1,600 DJ PHYSICAL SCIENCE 2011-04-27 #6138
In 1911 a physicist first observed superconductivity when he found no resistance in this slippery element at 4.2 kelvin mercury $1,600 DJ PHYSICAL SCIENCE 2006-05-31 #5013
A fluorescent lamp contains argon & a small amount of this liquid metal's vapor mercury $400 J SCIENCE LAB 2005-10-28 #4860
To make his barometer, Evangelista Torricelli inverted a glass tube in a dish of this mercury DD $800 J MEN OF SCIENCE 2000-09-11 #3681
A millimeter of this element is a common unit for measuring pressure, including blood pressure mercury $500 J PHYSICAL SCIENCE 1999-04-28 #3383
This tiny planet's thin atmosphere is mostly composed of helium & sodium thought to come from the solar wind Mercury $1,000 DJ GENERAL SCIENCE 1999-03-03 #3343
From the surface of this innermost planet, the sun appears 2.5 times as large as it does from Earth Mercury $200 DJ SCIENCE 1997-12-17 #3063
800 miles in diameter, the Caloris Basin is a feature of this innermost planet Mercury $100 J SCIENCE 1996-02-13 #2642
Estimated temperatures on this planet range from 950° F. on the sunlit side to -346° on the dark side Mercury $1,000 DJ SCIENCE 1993-07-06 #2052
This planet orbits the sun every 88 days at a distance of about 36,000,000 miles Mercury $400 DJ SCIENCE 1992-09-14 #1841
Alloys containing this metal, symbol Hg, are called amalgams mercury $800 DJ SCIENCE 1990-02-05 #1256
Only the earth has greater density than this small planet Mercury $200 J SCIENCE 1987-03-05 #584
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