The U.S. Department of Justice administers two statistical programs to measure the magnitude, nature, and impact of crime in the Nation: the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program and the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS).
Why is the element mercury important? The element mercury is important because it has a color of silver, it has the properties of a solid and a liquid, it is a naturally found element, and it doesn't break down.
There are a couple of reasons why Mercury is a liquid at STP, I will go through each of them with an explanation that won't be too complex for your understanding. First of all understanding why most metals are metallic is a good place to start. This happens because of the sharing of valence electrons. The sharing of these electrons make metals malleable and ductile and thus not liquid. Generally the more the electrons shared means the higher the melting point and a harder metal. OK, getting into the Mercury.