Part 1 of Essay
is a metallic element that is a liquid at room temperature, it is one of the transition elements. 's atomic number is 80. It is superconductive when cooled to within a few degrees of absolute zero. was once known as liquid silver or quicksilver which was studied by the alchemists. Mercury was first distinguished as a ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... Mercury has many uses and is a very important element. A major use of mercury is in electrical equipment such as fluorescent lamps, and mercury batteries. Mercury is used in thermometers because the change in volume for each degree of rise or fall in temperature is the same. The use of mercury in the thermometer instead of alcohol was done by Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit in 1714. It was also used in vacuum pumps, barometers, and electric rectifiers and switches. Mercury is used in a mercury-vapor lamps which ....