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Mercury
Electron Configuration 2,8,18,32,18,2
Electron Configuration [Xe]] 4f14 5d10 6s2
Electronegativity 2.00
Enthalpy of Fusion 2.33 kJ mol-1
Enthalpy of Vaporisation 59.1 kJ mol-1
Heat Capacity 27.983 J mol-1 K-1
Thermal Conductivity 8.30 W m-1 K-1
Thermal Expansion 60.4 μm m-1 K-1
Magnetic ordering Dimagnetic
Electrical resistivity 961 Ω m
Speed of sound 1451.4 m s-1
Atomic Radii
Atomic Radius 150 pm
Bohr Radius 171 pm
Covalent Radius 149 pm
Van der Waals 155 pm
Oxidation States
Main Hg+2
Other Hg+1
Ionisation Energies (kJ mol-1) show graph
M - M+ 1007
M+ - M2+ 1809
M2+ - M3+ 3300
M3+ - M4+ 4400
M4+ - M5+ 5900
M5+ - M6+ 7400
M6+ - M7+ 9100
M7+ - M8+ 11600
M8+ - M9+ 13400
M9+ - M10+ 15300