Near- to Long-Wave-Infrared Mercury Chalcogenide Nanocrystals from Liquid Mercury

Structures of Liquid Mercury and Dilute Liquid Mercury Alloys

The structures of liquid Hg and the dilute liquid Hg alloys with 0.5 and 2 atomic percent Cd, and 0.5 and 1 atomic percent Pb have been studied by x-ray diffraction using a theta-theta diffractometer with monochromator in the diffracted beam. The addition of 0.5 or 2 atomic percent Cd into Hg did not produce any detectable change in the interference function I {K), where K = 4 ji (sin & ) ß , w...

Cage diffusion in liquid mercury.

We present inelastic neutron scattering measurements on liquid mercury at room temperature for wave numbers q in the range 0.3 <q<7.0 A(-1). We find that the energy half width of the incoherent part of the dynamic structure factor S(q,E) is determined by a self-diffusion process. The half width of the coherent part of S(q,E) shows the characteristic behavior expected for a cage diffusion proces...

Sonication-assisted synthesis of large, high-quality mercury thiolate single crystals directly from liquid mercury.

The synthetic formation of mercury thiolates has been known for almost 200 years. These compounds are usually formed by a slow reaction of mercury salts with thiolates or disulfides to produce small (up to 1 μm), plate-like crystals of Hg(S-R)(2). Herein we show that such mercury thiolates can be formed directly from liquid mercury via sonication with neat thiols. The process not only produces ...

Excerpt from Mercury Study Report to Congress Volume V: Health Effects of Mercury and Mercury Compounds

Excerpt from Mercury Study Report to Congress Volume V: Health Effects of Mercury and Mercury Compounds