Question
Download Solution PDFWhich of the following given below is an alloy of mercury?
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Amalgam.
Important Points
- Amalgam is a special class of alloys in which one metal is mercury.
- Silver amalgam is the amalgam used for a dental filling.
- Gold amalgam is the amalgam used in the extraction of gold from ore.
- The metal mercury is kept inside an iron container because iron doesn't form an amalgam with mercury.
- Mercury is a chemical element with atomic number 80.
- Mercury is also known as quicksilver.
- Mercury is the metal that is liquid at room temperature.
- Mercury is the first known superconductor.
- Cinnabar is the ore of mercury.
Additional Information
- Brass is the alloy of copper and zinc.
- Nichrome is the alloy of nickel, chromium, and iron.
- Electrum is the alloy of gold and silver.
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