• DOI:10.1021/ED068P110
Corpus ID: 96003717

Why is mercury liquid? Or, why do relativistic effects not get into chemistry textbooks?

@article{Norrby1991WhyIM,
  title={Why is mercury liquid? Or, why do relativistic effects not get into chemistry textbooks?},
  author={L. Norrby},
  journal={Journal of Chemical Education},
  year={1991},
  volume={68},
  pages={110}
}

• L. Norrby
• Published 1991
• Chemistry
• Journal of Chemical Education

A fresh constellation of experimental facts, theoretical calculations, and discussion of the chemical bonding in mercury that sheds light on a number of classical issues in inorganic chemistry.