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Mercury, in Roman religion
(Encyclopedia)Mercury, in Roman religion, god of commerce and messenger of the gods; identified with the Greek Hermes. He was honored at the Mercuralia, a festival held in May and attended primarily by traders and ...chemical analysis
(Encyclopedia)chemical analysis, the study of the chemical composition and structure of substances. More broadly, it may be considered the corpus of all techniques whereby any exact chemical information is obtained...Cs, chemical symbol
(Encyclopedia)Cs, symbol for the element cesium. ...Cn, chemical symbol
(Encyclopedia)Cn, symbol for the element copernicium. ...Am, chemical symbol
(Encyclopedia)Am, symbol for the element americium. ...Eu, chemical symbol
(Encyclopedia)Eu, symbol for the element europium. ...Ga, chemical symbol
(Encyclopedia)Ga, symbol for the element gallium. ...Fm, chemical symbol
(Encyclopedia)Fm, symbol for the element fermium. ...Ar, chemical symbol
(Encyclopedia)Ar, symbol for the element argon.No, chemical symbol
(Encyclopedia)No, symbol for the element nobelium. ...Browse by Subject
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