mercury element highlight

Mercury is a very dense liquid metal. A person laying in a lake of mercury will only sink a few inches. Mercury is used in thermometers because it has a large thermal expansion. It also can be used for a paint pigment. Mercury also has a name for poison because it can enter your nervous system and drive you to madness. The number of protons,electrons and neutrons is 80.

This weeks element highlight

Element Name THE NAME OF THIS IS CALLED COBALT.

 the number of protons/neutrons/electrons is 27.

    the type of element is transnational metals.

Cobalt can be used for a chemical called Alnico, which CAN BE USED for jet engines and stainless steel. A popular use of cobalt is in metal alloy drill bits. Cobalt can also be used for blue pigment, in glass, paints and jewelry.

Cobalt and uranium are most commonly associated with the nuclear bomb.

German miners called it goblins ore because of the arsenic like fumes that it gives of when smelting