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"mercury has been a key ingredient for dental amalgam for many years, the elemental mercury is alloyed with other metals including silver, tin, copper, and occasionally zinc. It forms a silvery paste which is used to fill the carious cavity, which then sets to form a hard permanent dental filling."

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Acronyms

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"Mercury has been known about since prehistoric times. It was named quicksilver by Aristotle (384-322 BCE) and liquid silver by Dioscorides (40-90 CE) ⁴."

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H1 Chemistry
H2 Physical chemistry
H2 Radiochemistry
H1 Nutrition, absorption, transport and storage
H2 Nutrition
H2 Absorption
H2 Transport
H2 Storage
H1 Biological function
H1 Deficiency
H1 Toxicity
H1 Clinical importance
H1 Radiological importance
H1 History and etymology
H1 Related pathology
H1 See also

"Basic chemistry"

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"Medical importance"

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Semicolons

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"Mercury exists in multiple stable isotopes on earth; mercury-202 is the most abundant, forming 29.7%, mercury-200 accounts for another 23.1%. Mercury-199, mercury-201, and mercury-198, account for 16.9%, 13.1%, and 10% respectively. Mercury-204 forms 6.8% of the total. Many other radioactive mercury isotopes are known, many with very short half-lives ³."

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