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Compare Mercury vs Zinc

Comparing Mercury (Hg) and Zinc (Zn). Atomic numbers 80 and 30 with atomic masses 200.592 u and 65.382 u, classified as transition metal and transition metal. Below: a side-by-side comparison of their physical, atomic, electron-configuration and historical properties, including density, melting and boiling points, ionization energies, oxidation states and discovery history.

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Hg
Mercury
#80
Zn
Zinc
#30

Periodic properties of the elements

MercuryZinc
SymbolHgZn
Atomic number8030
Group1212
Period64
Blockdd
Element categoryTransition MetalTransition Metal

Physical properties

MercuryZinc
Phase at STPLiquidSolid
Density13.534 g/cm37.14 g/cm3
Atomic weight200.592 u65.382 u
Melting point234.321 K
-38.829 °C
-37.8922 °F		692.68 K
419.53 °C
787.154 °F
Boiling point629.88 K
356.73 °C
674.114 °F		1180 K
906.85 °C
1664.33 °F

Atomic properties

MercuryZinc
Electronegativity (Pauling Scale)21.65
Electron affinity-48 kJ/mol-58 kJ/mol
Oxidation states−2 , +1, +2
(a mildly basic oxide)		−2, 0, +1, +2
(an amphoteric oxide)
Ionization energies
  1. 1007.1 kJ/mol
  2. 1810 kJ/mol
  3. 3300 kJ/mol
  1. 906.4 kJ/mol
  2. 1733.3 kJ/mol
  3. 3833 kJ/mol
  4. 5731 kJ/mol
  5. 7970 kJ/mol
  6. 10400 kJ/mol
  7. 12900 kJ/mol
  8. 16800 kJ/mol
  9. 19600 kJ/mol
  10. 23000 kJ/mol
  11. 26400 kJ/mol
  12. 29990 kJ/mol
  13. 40490 kJ/mol
  14. 43800 kJ/mol
  15. 47300 kJ/mol
  16. 52300 kJ/mol
  17. 55900 kJ/mol
  18. 59700 kJ/mol
  19. 67300 kJ/mol
  20. 71200 kJ/mol
  21. 179100 kJ/mol

Electron configuration

MercuryZinc
Shorthand configuration[Xe] 4f14 5d10 6s2 [Ar] 3d10 4s2
Full configuration1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 3d10 4s2 4p6 4d10 4f14 5s2 5p6 5d10 6s2 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 3d10 4s2
Electrons per shell2, 8, 18, 32, 18, 22, 8, 18, 2

History

MercuryZinc
DiscoveryEgyptians (1500 BC)Indian metallurgists (1000 BC)
First isolationAndreas Sigismund Marggraf (1746)
Named byParacelsus
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