It exists in several forms: elemental or metallic mercury, inorganic mercury compounds and organic mercury compounds. Elemental or metallic mercury is a shiny, silver-white metal and is liquid at room ...

The mercury concentration should be given on an elemental basis, not on a mercury compound basis. The default value is a function of the coal rank. •Mercury in Auxiliary Gas (elemental): This input ...

Beginning Wednesday, baby food makers that sell products in California will have to make a major shift toward transparency ...

Four-fifths of mercury on the planet is found in the ocean and converted into toxic compound methylmercury, which is consumed ...

Mercury compounds were used until quite recently to make insecticides (chemicals that kill the insects that damage crops) and special paints that stop barnacles growing on the hulls of ships.