Mercury
 

Wy mercury is liquid?

why not?

I think that the answer is "it just is" ive red a few suggestions about it having a full electron shell but i have never seen an adequite and proven explanation

mercury
 

Well, let's start! Maybe you'll find somethig via Russell Saunders symbol.

"Mercury is a liquid at room temperature because the "relativistic contraction" of its atomic orbitals makes it behave chemically almost like a noble gas, not wanting to share electrons with other atoms, even other mercury atoms!"

http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/ma ... .Ch.r.html

hmm good point it will be a 1s.