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Amalgam

Or silver filling; an alloy in which one of the metals is mercury. Below are the approximate percentages of the component elements:

Mercury hg 50%

Silver ag 35%

Tin sn 13%

Copper cu 0 3%

Zinc zn 0 1%

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