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. (10[1])Polarography (10[1])uses a “dropping” electrode of this element, whose chloride, known as calomel, is used in many other electrodes. (-5[1])This element’s sulfide forms the mineral cinnabar, (10[2])which (10[1])is used in the (10[1])pigment (10[1])vermillion. The non-metric (10[1])“torr” unit of pressure is approximately equal to 1 millimeter of this element. For 10 points, amalgams contain what metallic element that is a silvery liquid at room temperature? ■END■

ANSWER: mercury [or Hg]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Kate Merritt (UG)West Virginia A (UG) Michigan State A 3410
Arjun Saulnier (DII)CWRU B (DII) West Virginia B (UG) 3510
Mikolai Davis (DII)Ohio State B (DII) Miami C (DII) 53-5
Yuki Brown (DII)Miami B (UG) CWRU A (UG) 6010
Cole Polley (UG)Michigan B (UG)Miami A (UG) 6010
Rachel Fanous (DII)Michigan A (UG) Ohio State A (UG) 6110
Beckett Gilmore (DII)Jefferson County Scholars (DII)Michigan State B 6510
Natalee Vernon (DII)Miami C (DII) Ohio State B (DII) 6610
Angelo Pan (UG)CWRU C (UG)Ohio State C (DII) 6910

Summary

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