For making good quality mirrors, plates of float glass are used. These are obtained by floating molten glass over a liquid metal which does not solidify before glass. The metal used can be

tin

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sodium

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magnesium

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mercury

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Solution

The correct option is D mercury
Among the given metals, mercury has lowest MP, which means the lowest freezing point. So, mercury metal is used.

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