Mercury

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Mercury commonly refers to:



Mercury may also refer to:

Architecture

The Arts

Art

Books

Music

Media

Theater

Video

Food & drink

History

People

Groups

Fictional

Places

Science

  • Inch of mercury, a measuring unit for pressure utilizing the element mercury

Botany

Chemistry

Specific compounds of Mercury are listed in Category:Mercury compounds.

Technology

Computer hardware, software and systems

Devices

Electrical

  • Mercury arc valve, a rectifier device intended for high electrical voltages/currents
  • Mercury battery, an electrochemical battery
  • Mercury coulometer, an electro analytical chemistry device that determines the amount of matter transformed during a mercury reaction
  • Mercury probe, an electrical probing device to sample for electrical characterization
  • Mercury switch, a electrical circuit, on-off switch using the element mercury
  • Mercury swivel commutator, a electrical circuit, current-reversing switch using the element mercury
  • Mercury-vapor lamp, a gas discharge lamp that uses the element mercury in an excited state to produce light

Optical

  • Mercury glass, a variety of reflective products having the element mercury sandwiched between two glass panes
  • Mercury laser, a high-average-power laser system using the element mercury
  • Mercury mirror, a parabolic shape telescope dish having a layer of reflective mercury
  • Mercury silvering, a technique to apply a thin layer of a precious metal to a base metal object

Space

Transportation

Air vehicles

Land vehicles

Water vehicles

Society

Business

See also

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