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liquid elements (at STP)
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bromine | mercury
Periodic table location
Periodic table location
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Basic elemental properties
| bromine | mercury atomic symbol | Br | Hg atomic number | 35 | 80 short electronic configuration | [Ar]4s^23d^104p^5 | [Xe]6s^24f^145d^10 Aufbau diagram | 4p 3d 4s | 5d 4f 6s block | p | d group | 17 | 12 period | 4 | 6 atomic mass | 79.904 u | 200.592 u half-life | (stable) | (stable)
Thermodynamic properties
| bromine | mercury phase at STP | liquid | liquid melting point | -7.3 °C | -38.83 °C boiling point | 59 °C | 356.73 °C critical temperature | 588 K | 1750 K critical pressure | 10.34 MPa | 172 MPa molar heat of fusion | 5.8 kJ/mol | 2.29 kJ/mol molar heat of vaporization | 14.8 kJ/mol | 59.2 kJ/mol specific heat at STP | 947.3 J/(kg K) | 139.5 J/(kg K) (properties at standard conditions)
Material properties
| bromine | mercury density | 3.12 g/cm^3 | 13.534 g/cm^3 liquid density | 3.12 g/cm^3 | 13.534 g/cm^3 molar volume | 25.61 cm^3/mol | 14.821 cm^3/mol bulk modulus | 1.9 GPa | 25 GPa refractive index | 1.001132 | 1.000933 sound speed | | 1407 m/s thermal expansion | | 1.81×10^-4 K^(-1) thermal conductivity | 0.12 W/(m K) | 8.3 W/(m K) (properties at standard conditions)
Electromagnetic properties
| bromine | mercury electrical type | insulator | conductor resistivity | 1×10^10 Ω m (ohm meters) | 9.6×10^-7 Ω m (ohm meters) electrical conductivity | 1×10^-10 S/m (siemens per meter) | 1×10^6 S/m (siemens per meter) magnetic type | diamagnetic | diamagnetic volume magnetic susceptibility | -1.53×10^-5 | -2.84×10^-5 mass magnetic susceptibility | -4.9×10^-9 m^3/kg (cubic meters per kilogram) | -2.1×10^-9 m^3/kg (cubic meters per kilogram) molar magnetic susceptibility | -7.83×10^-10 m^3/mol (cubic meters per mole) | -4.21×10^-10 m^3/mol (cubic meters per mole) work function | | 4.47 eV (Liquid) threshold frequency | | 1.082×10^15 Hz (hertz) superconducting point | | 4.154 K (kelvins) color | (red) | (silver) refractive index | 1.001132 | 1.000933
Reactivity
| bromine | mercury valence | 5 | 2 electronegativity | 2.96 | 2 electron affinity | 324.6 kJ/mol (kilojoules per mole) | 0 kJ/mol (kilojoules per mole) first ionization energy | 1139.9 kJ/mol (kilojoules per mole) | 1007.1 kJ/mol (kilojoules per mole) ionization energies | 1139.9 kJ/mol | 2103 kJ/mol | 3470 kJ/mol | 4560 kJ/mol | 5760 kJ/mol | 8550 kJ/mol | 9940 kJ/mol | 18600 kJ/mol | 1007.1 kJ/mol | 1810 kJ/mol | 3300 kJ/mol
Reactivity
Atomic properties
| bromine | mercury term symbol | ^2P_(3/2) | ^1S_0 atomic radius | 115 pm | 150 pm covalent radius | 120 pm | 132 pm van der Waals radius | 185 pm | 155 pm (electronic ground state properties)
Abundances
| bromine | mercury universe abundance | 7×10^-7 mass% | 1×10^-7 mass% solar abundance | | 2×10^-6 mass% meteorite abundance | 1.2×10^-4 mass% | 2.5×10^-5 mass% crust abundance | 3×10^-4 mass% | 6.7×10^-6 mass% ocean abundance | 0.0067 mass% | 5×10^-9 mass% human abundance | 2.9×10^-4 mass% | universe molar abundance | 1×10^-8 mol% | 6×10^-10 mol% solar molar abundance | | 1.2×10^-8 mol% meteorite molar abundance | 2.3×10^-5 mol% | 2×10^-6 mol% ocean molar abundance | 5.2×10^-4 mol% | 1.5×10^-10 mol% crust molar abundance | 7.8×10^-5 mol% | 7×10^-7 mol% human molar abundance | 2.3×10^-5 mol% |
Nuclear properties
| bromine | mercury half-life | (stable) | (stable) stable isotopes | Br-79 (50.69%) | Br-81 (49.31%) | Hg-202 (29.86%) | Hg-200 (23.1%) | Hg-199 (16.87%) | Hg-201 (13.18%) | Hg-198 (9.97%) | Hg-204 (6.87%) | Hg-196 (0.15%) nuclear spin | Br-67: 1/2^- | Br-68: 3^+ | Br-69: 1/2^- | Br-70: 0^+ | Br-71: 5/2^- | Br-72: 1^+ | Br-73: 1/2^- | Br-74: 0^- | Br-75: 3/2^- | Br-76: 1^- | Br-77: 3/2^- | Br-78: 1^+ | Br-79: 3/2^- | Br-80: 1^+ | Br-81: 3/2^- | Br-82: 5^- | Br-83: 3/2^- | Br-84: 2^- | Br-85: 3/2^- | Br-86: 2^- | Br-87: 3/2^- | Br-88: 2^- | Br-91: 3/2^- | Br-92: 2^- | Br-93: 5/2^- | Br-95: 3/2^- | Br-97: 3/2^- | Hg-171: 3/2^- | Hg-172: 0^+ | Hg-173: 3/2^- | Hg-174: 0^+ | Hg-176: 0^+ | Hg-177: 13/2^+ | Hg-178: 0^+ | Hg-179: 5/2^- | Hg-180: 0^+ | Hg-181: 1/2^- | Hg-182: 0^+ | Hg-183: 1/2^- | Hg-184: 0^+ | Hg-185: 1/2^- | Hg-186: 0^+ | Hg-187: 13/2^+ | Hg-188: 0^+ | Hg-189: 3/2^- | Hg-190: 0^+ | Hg-191: 3/2^- | Hg-192: 0^+ | Hg-193: 3/2^- | Hg-194: 0^+ | Hg-195: 1/2^- | Hg-196: 0^+ | Hg-197: 1/2^- | Hg-198: 0^+ | Hg-199: 1/2^- | Hg-200: 0^+ | Hg-201: 3/2^- | Hg-202: 0^+ | Hg-203: 5/2^- | Hg-204: 0^+ | Hg-205: 1/2^- | Hg-206: 0^+ | Hg-207: 9/2^+ | Hg-208: 0^+ | Hg-209: 9/2^+ | Hg-210: 0^+ unstable isotopes | Br-77 (57.0361 h) | Br-82 (35.2833 h) | Br-76 (16.2 h) | Br-83 (140 min) | Br-75 (97 min) | Br-84 (31.8 min) | Br-74 (25.4 min) | Br-80 (17.68 min) | Br-78 (6.47 min) | Br-73 (200 s) | Br-85 (174 s) | Br-72 (78.6 s) | Br-87 (55.65 s) | Br-86 (55.1 s) | Br-71 (21.4 s) | Br-88 (16.29 s) | Br-89 (4.4 s) | Br-90 (1.91 s) | Br-91 (541 ms) | Br-92 (343 ms) | Br-93 (102 ms) | Br-70 (79.1 ms) | Br-94 (70 ms) | Br-68 (1.2 µs) | Br-97 (150 ns) | Br-96 (150 ns) | Br-95 (150 ns) | Br-69 (24 ns) | Hg-194 (444 yr) | Hg-203 (46.594 days) | Hg-197 (64.14 h) | Hg-195 (10.531 h) | Hg-192 (4.86 h) | Hg-193 (228 min) | Hg-191 (48 min) | Hg-208 (42 min) | Hg-190 (20 min) | Hg-210 (10 min) | Hg-206 (8.32 min) | Hg-189 (7.67 min) | Hg-205 (5.14 min) | Hg-188 (195 s) | Hg-207 (170 s) | Hg-187 (140 s) | Hg-186 (82.8 s) | Hg-185 (49.1 s) | Hg-209 (35 s) | Hg-184 (30.9 s) | Hg-182 (10.83 s) | Hg-183 (9.4 s) | Hg-181 (3.6 s) | Hg-180 (2.58 s) | Hg-179 (1.08 s) | Hg-178 (269 ms) | Hg-177 (127.3 ms) | Hg-176 (20.3 ms) | Hg-175 (10.8 ms) | Hg-174 (2.1 ms) | Hg-173 (600 µs) | Hg-172 (290 µs) | Hg-171 (59 µs) neutron cross-section | 6.8 b | 374 b neutron mass absorption | 0.002 m^2/kg | 0.063 m^2/kg