why mercury is not an exceptionin metals in sonorous property of metals, as it is in liquid form?

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Mercury is the exception metal as it is liquid at room temperature hence show non-sonorus property.It shows other property of metals like it conducts electricity, form electropositive cation by loosing electrons and form bonds with non-metals.

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