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has a melting point of -38.83 C and a boiling point of 356.73 C both the lowest of any stable metal, resulting in the lowest stable liquid-state range of any metal under standard conditions. This effect is due to lanthanide contraction and relativistic contraction reducing the orbit radius of the outermost electrons, and thus weakening the metallic bonding in mercury.

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