This is the heaviest element found in an iodine-containing reagent that is used to detect ammonia in aqueous solution; that reagent is named for Nessler.
This is the heaviest element found in an iodine-containing reagent that is used to detect ammonia in aqueous solution; that reagent is named for Nessler. In a now-disfavored variant of the chloralkali process, this element was floated beneath a brine solution, and an alloy of it with sodium was yielded as a byproduct. The acetate of this element in a plus-2 oxidation state is a reagent in an electrophilic anti-addition that converts an alkene (*) into an alcohol, and that reaction is typically followed by a sodium borohydride reduction which removes this element. This transition metal's dimethyl is a ridiculously potent neurotoxin that was responsible for the death of Karen Wetterhahn. Alloys containing this element are called amalgams. For 10 points, name this element, the only metal that is liquid at room temperature.
This is the heaviest element found in an iodine-containing reagent that is used to detect ammonia in aqueous solution; that reagent is named for Nessler.
mercury (or Hg)