Mercury
allotrope
Hg
A high-pressure solid phase of the liquid metal, frozen into a tetragonal lattice
← Allotrope of Mercury
Squeeze mercury hard enough and it solidifies into this elegant tetragonal crystal — a rare glimpse of the liquid metal frozen in place.
A crystalline allotrope of Mercury (space group I-42d), sourced from the Crystallography Open Database (COD 9016348).
Material
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Frame
Brown
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Crystallography
| Catalogue identity | Mercury — I-42d |
| Formula | Hg |
| Crystal system | tetragonal |
| Space group | I-42d |
| Lattice (a, b, c) Å | 9.67, 9.67, 8.92 |
| Angles (α, β, γ) ° | 90, 90, 90 |
| Density (g/cm³) | 6.389 |
Structure data: Crystallography Open Database · Public domain (CC0)