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Mercury loses its meniscus in contact with ozone.

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When mercury comes in contact with ozone it loses its meniscus and sticks to the glass due to the formation of mercurous oxide. This is called tailing of mercury.
$2 H g + O_{3} \to {H g}_{2} O + O_{2}$

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