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why Mercury have high Bp than Water???​

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Answered by ratanlaljanagal1973
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Explanation:

Mercury is different! It is not as reactive as its neighbors in the Periodic Table, it doesn't conduct heat and electricity as well as other metals, and it is a liquid unlike other metals. The electronic structure of mercury is [Xe] 4f14 5d10 6s2, so the first thing we notice is that all of its orbitals are full, there are no unpaired electrons in mercury. This helps explain mercury's reluctance to react with other materials or form bonds with other mercury atoms. Most metal atoms share their outer electrons with other metal atoms, in fact, all of these "shared" metal electrons exist as a diffuse "sea" of electrons. It is the extended nature of this sharing that makes metals good conductors of heat and electricity. The fact that the metal electrons are shared provides a strong bonding interaction between metal atoms that gives metals their solid structure. None of this applies to mercury. With its filled shell electron configuration it is very reluctant to form bonds even with other mercury atoms.

Answered by msaha9143
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The fact that the metal electrons are shared provides a strong bonding interaction between metal atoms that gives metals their solid structure. ... It is this lack of electron bonding between mercury atoms that makes it melt and boil at such low temperatures.

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