Question

This element is used to separate the isotopes lithium 6 and lithium 7 in the COLEX process. A compound of this metal, carbon, and hydrogen can lead to neurological damage when ingested in Minamata disease. Polarography (10[1])uses (10[1])a “dropping” electrode of this element, whose chloride, known as calomel, is used in many (10[1])other electrodes. (-5[1])This element’s sulfide forms the mineral (10[1])cinnabar, (10[1]-5[1])which (10[1])is used in the pigment vermillion. The non-metric (-5[1])“torr” unit of pressure (10[1])is approximately equal to 1 millimeter of this element. (10[1])For 10 points, amalgams contain what metallic element that is a silvery liquid at room temperature? ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: mercury [or Hg]
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2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY9100%0%0%64.33
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY8100%0%13%56.25
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY6100%0%0%48.67
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY10100%0%30%65.50
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY9100%0%11%69.67
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY5100%0%20%58.60
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY8100%0%13%60.25
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY8100%0%13%62.63
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY9100%0%22%52.56

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Ishaan KashyapGeorgia Tech CAuburn A3510
Benny ShtutmanSouth Carolina ABelmont3610
Tianyu XuGeorgia Tech AAuburn C5110
Rafeed Rahman TurjyaGeorgia AGeorgia Tech E53-5
Tarun KotiEmory ATennessee B5910
Zander SchwartzVanderbilt ATennessee A60-5
Aaron TaylorMississippi State AClemson A6010
Griffin ElderTennessee AVanderbilt A6110
Akajiugo AmucheaziSouthernVanderbilt B69-5
Daniel ChenEmory OxfordClemson B7310
Joshua DavenportGeorgia Tech DAuburn B8210
Allen XuGeorgia Tech EGeorgia A9910
Sambodh SinhaVanderbilt BSouthern9910