Hg

From The School of Biomedical Sciences Wiki

Revision as of 22:11, 9 January 2011 by 100589478 (talk | contribs) (Created page with 'Hg is the chemical symbol for mercury, a metal which is in a liquid state under standard conditions. It is poisonous. mmHg is used a non-standard measurement for pressure, …')

(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)

Jump to navigation Jump to search

Hg is the chemical symbol for mercury, a metal which is in a liquid state under standard conditions. It is poisonous.

mmHg is used a non-standard measurement for pressure, especially blood pressure, where it denotes millimetres of mercury as displaced by an opposing force.

Retrieved from "https://teaching.ncl.ac.uk/bms/wiki//index.php?title=Hg&oldid=2489"