Question

Write the name of a liquid metal?

Answer 1

• Generally, metals are solid at room temperature.
• But Mercury$\left(\mathrm{Hg}\right)$ is the only metal that is a liquid at normal temperature.
• Mercury has completely filled subshells due to which it is unable to lose out valence electrons.
• So, mercury is involved in weak metallic bonding.
• Due to weak metallic bonding and high ionization energy, it exists as a liquid at room temperature.