Outline the reasons why the element mercury (Hg) is not a suitable candidate for the material responsible

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Outline the reasons why the element mercury (Hg) is not a suitable candidate for the material responsible for producing the magnetic dipole fields in the four giant planets. (The relative abundance by number of Hg is 12 on a scale that sets the abundance of H at 1012. On this scale the relative abundances of some common elements are Si 3.5 × 107, N 1.1 × 108, Fe 3.2 × 107. Note that the density of Hg is about 1.36 × 104 kg m-3.)

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An Introduction To The Solar System

ISBN: 9781108430845

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Authors: David A. Rothery, Neil McBride, Iain Gilmour

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