mercury
汞,汞问题,汞含量,水银
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plural mer·cu·ries.
- : Chemistry. a heavy, silver-white, highly toxic metallic element, the only one that is liquid at room temperature; quicksilver: used in barometers, thermometers, pesticides, pharmaceutical preparations, reflecting surfaces of mirrors, and dental fillings, in certain switches, lamps, and other electric apparatus, and as a laboratory catalyst. Symbol: Hg; atomic weight: 200.59; atomic number: 80; specific gravity: 13.546 at 20°C; freezing point: −38.9°C; boiling point: 357°C.
- : Pharmacology. this metal as used in medicine, in the form of various organic and inorganic compounds, usually for skin infections.
- : the ancient Roman god who served as messenger of the gods and was also the god of commerce, thievery, eloquence, and science, identified with the Greek god Hermes.
- : Astronomy. the planet nearest the sun, having a diameter of 3,031 miles, a mean distance from the sun of 36 million miles, and a period of revolution of 87.96 days, and having no satellites: the smallest planet in the solar system.
- : a messenger, especially a carrier of news.
- : any plant belonging to the genus Mercurialis, of the spurge family, especially the poisonous, weedy M. perennis of Europe.
- : Good-King-Henry.
- : Aerospace. one of a series of U.S. spacecraft, carrying one astronaut, that achieved the first U.S. suborbital and orbital manned spaceflights.
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It was also a comfortable jacket for ski transitions on days when the mercury dipped to the low thirties.
When the mercury drops, Frank Vallas, beverage manager at Dallas-based Tacos and Tequila, brews this mix of hot tea and tequila.
With coronavirus cases spiking and the mercury dropping, sparking a run on backyard heating devices, I knew Bryner could tell me what will happen when the fuel for those heaters is burned.
Turns out they’re also a prime source of toxic mercury, scientists reported on November 16 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
When someone on Earth goes from standing to lying down, that pressure rises from around 0 millimeters of mercury to about 15 mmHg.
According to Wynd, “Freddie Mercury once said he wanted to lead a Victorian life surrounded by exquisite clutter.”
He was demoted at the Mercury News, and left the paper in 1997.
In an interview with the San Jose Mercury News, Shi described one unwelcome encounter with Zhang.
That means most of these planets orbit closer than Mercury does to the Sun.
Caroline Sweeney, the police reporter for the Pottstown Mercury, updates the page at least once a week.
These have canted bay windows below them, and their pediments are surmounted by figures representing Mercury and Athæne.
But the day he planned to start was very cold—the mercury stood twenty-seven below zero.
Bang went the fragile bulb, as it splintered into a thousand atoms, and the mercury shot in sparkling globules over the table.
If it be true that Venus does not turn upon its axis, such is likely to be the case also with the planet Mercury.
Next beyond Mercury is Venus, a sphere only a little less in diameter than the earth.