Which element is a liquid at room temperature quizlet?
Which element is a liquid at room temperature quizlet?
Terms in this set (22) Mercury is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature.
Why is Mercury liquid at room temp?
Mercury is a poor conductor of heat, but a fair conductor of electricity. Mercury has a unique electron configuration which strongly resists removal of an electron, making it behave similarly to noble gas elements. As a result, mercury forms weak bonds and is a liquid at room temperature.
What happens to mercury when heated?
Elemental (Metallic) Mercury At room temperature, exposed elemental mercury can evaporate to become an invisible, odorless toxic vapor. If heated, it is a colorless, odorless gas. When mercury reacts with another substance, it forms a compound, such as inorganic mercury salts or methylmercury.
How many elements exist in liquid state?
Although more than one hundred elements exist; only two naturally occur in the liquid state. All other liquids are compounds. The two liquid elements are bromine and mercury. Many elements naturally occur as gases: hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, fluorine, chlorine, and all the noble gases (Group VIIIA elements).
Which element is a liquid at 758 K?
Thallium
Which element has a definite shape and volume at STP?
Answer: In the solid state, the individual particles of a substance are in fixed positions with respect to each other because there is not enough thermal energy to overcome the intermolecular interactions between the particles. As a result, solids have a definite shape and volume.
Which element has a freezing point below standard temperature?
Two elements are liquid at standard temperature and pressure: mercury and bromine. All the other elements are solid under standard conditions, which means their freezing point is above 0 degrees Celsius.
Which element has the lowest freezing point?
Helium
What is unique about water when it freezes?
During freezing, water molecules lose energy and do not vibrate or move around as vigorously. This allows more stable hydrogen-bonds to form between water molecules, as there is less energy to break the bonds. Thus water expands as it freezes, and ice floats atop water.
Why does purified water not freeze?
When you put the bottles of purified water in the freezer, the absence of impurities gives ice crystals nothing to form around, so the water can reach temperatures below freezing without solidifying.