Mercury, also called quicksilver, is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Hg and atomic number 80. A heavy, silvery, transition metal, mercury is one of five elements that ...

It happens all over the periodic table. The chemical symbol for lead is Pb. For mercury, Hg. For antimony, Sb. My chemistry teacher in high school cracked up every time she referred to the symbol ...

The Hg symbol for mercury, for example, derives from the Latin hydragyrum, which means “water silver,” and lead’s Pb symbol comes from its Latin name, plumbum.

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