Chemically ‘Quick Silver' is known as
A
Mercury
B
Silver
C
Aluminium
D
Copper
Correct Answer: Mercury
Quicksilver is an alternative name for the element mercury. A heavy, silvery d-block element, mercury is the only metal that is liquid at standard conditions for temperature and pressure; the only other element that is liquid under these conditions is bromine, though metals such as caesium, gallium, and rubidium melt just above room temperature.