Back Kwik Afrikaans ባዜቃ Amharic Mercurio (elemento) AN زئبق Arabic زاواق ARY زيبق ARZ Mercuriu (elementu) AST Civə Azerbaijani جیوه AZB Терегөмөш Bashkir
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Mercury, also known as quicksilver[1] or hydrargyrum (pronounced hai-DRAR-jər-əm), is a chemical element. Its symbol on the periodic table is Hg, and its atomic number is 80. Its atomic mass is 200.59.
The symbol Hg stands for its Latinized Greek name hydrargyrum, meaning watery or liquid silver.
- ↑ "quicksilver definition". Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Retrieved October 13, 2008.