Chemistry: The Molecular Science (5th Edition)

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1285199049
ISBN 13: 978-1-28519-904-7

Chapter 1 - The Nature of Chemistry - Questions for Review and Thought - Topical Questions - Page 41d: 50

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As Mercury gets warmer, more and more of the forces that hold the different atoms together are broken. As a result, the molecules can become further and further apart, causing them to become less and less dense.
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