Introduction of mercury
Mercury is a chemical element with symbol Hg and its atomic number 80. Mercury is also known as quicksilver or hydrargyrum. it is a heavy , silvery transition mental that exist as a liquid at or near room temperature and pressure. Before mercury is extracted is exist as cinnabar, cinnabar is actually the ore for mercury.
Mercury are actually separated into 3 different form. Firstly is element mercury; secondly is an organic mercury compound which is also known as organomercurials. It is actually mercury forming covalent bonds between carbon and mercury. For example are methylmercury and dimethylmercury. Thirdly is inorganic mercury, it is formed when element mercury combines with any elements other than carbon. For example mercury II sulphide, mercury II oxide and mercury II chloride.