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Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
April 8, 2006	Good article nominee	Listed
July 28, 2009	Good article reassessment	Kept
May 28, 2012	Good topic candidate	Promoted
December 28, 2023	Good article reassessment	Kept
Current status: Good article

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Section sizes

Section size for Mercury (element) (46 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	2,909	2,909
Properties	15	8,849
Physical properties	4,704	4,704
Chemical properties	574	3,471
Amalgams	2,897	2,897
Isotopes	659	659
Etymology	2,038	2,038
History	7,212	7,212
Occurrence	7,224	7,224
Chemistry	2,233	8,722
Compounds of mercury(I)	2,240	2,240
Compounds of mercury(II)	2,952	2,952
Organomercury compounds	1,297	1,297
Applications	946	38,284
Medicine	96	8,540
Historical and folk	4,477	4,477
Contemporary	3,967	3,967
Production of chlorine and caustic soda	2,695	2,695
Laboratory uses	22	5,878
Thermometers	1,972	1,972
Mirrors	1,471	1,471
Electrochemistry	770	770
Polarography and crystallography	1,643	1,643
Niche uses	3,362	4,458
Skin whitening	1,096	1,096
Firearms	590	590
Historic uses	15,177	15,177
Toxicity and safety	1,996	29,773
Releases in the environment	13,411	15,880
Spill cleanup	2,469	2,469
Sediment contamination	3,060	3,060
Occupational exposure	1,543	1,543
Fish	1,853	1,853
Cosmetics	1,483	1,483
Effects and symptoms of mercury poisoning	2,669	2,669
Treatment	1,289	1,289
Regulations	17	11,287
International	1,158	1,158
United States	4,999	4,999
European Union	2,094	2,094
Scandinavia	3,019	3,019
See also	111	111
Notes	26	26
References	1,010	1,010
Further reading	340	340
External links	2,161	2,161
Total	119,946	119,946

This article has been mentioned by a media organization:

Deborah Knight (February 2007). "Get the Mercury Out". New York State Conservationist.