What is the only liquid metal at room temperature?
The only common metal that is liquid at room temperature is mercury. Organic mercury compounds are important - and dangerous. Its liquid form makes mercury is a very versatile element, however. It conducts electricity and is used in switches, and it's also in barometers and thermometers.
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Chrissy Krainock Luders
We used to play with it as children! Roll it back and forth in your hand.
Barry Lasker
We would play with it in science class. That was before the world went soft.
Rodney Beattie
the question was very easy.
kcortez
Chrissy Krainock Luders, So did I. No idea back then that it was dangerous.
Joey
bhall, I never knew that. Thanks
Player
I played with it when I was a child as did many of my peers.
Sonia Contreras
Buena explicación.
bhall
back in the day when men wore top hats mercury was used in their making - hence the saying "mad as a hatter"
Tamsin
When nursing, I dropped and broke a thermometer. You cannot wipe that stuff up! I pushed it to the back of a bed.
happyhillhippie
Highly toxic and dangerous but a steel bearing will float in mercury
tygrossfz
The Chinese use to drink it
Ian Peat
Mercury is very toxic. Particularly the vapor.
susangoraj
Aced it!
Helen Christopulos LoBosco
Got it! 😊
James W Kinder Jr
The Science Teacher Use To Let Us Kids Play With It!! Someone Breaks A Tube Of They Call The National Guard!!
monicaligon
Got it
Yevette Allen
Got it
Conrado De Leon
ACTUALLY, THERE ARE ONLY TWO ELEMENTS THAT ARE LIQUID IN NORMAL CONDITIONS OF PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE. mERCURY AND bROMINE. All the rest are either solid or gases.
terevakaypocock
Jim Adams, or really young. Lol