playing with liquid metal part 1

lead free solder is melted over a candle
when in liquid form it moves and reacts just like mercury

in the video i poured most of it onto a metal spoon
the metal cools and becomes a solid almost insantly in the shape of whatever it cools in
i then melt it again in the first spoon

the total cost of all of the metal is about £4 so its much cheaper than mercury



i have no idea how toxic it is but im pretty sure its almost all tin
i did have a solder fume extactor fan on so i should be safe from any fumes

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• metal
• liquid
• mercury
• solder
• lead
• free
• candle
• melted
• spoon

[46Bax]

Cool, i tried it once, but i couldnt let it melt :S

[BryanBeatsYouAll]

Did you put a match in that candle?

Oh, and thanks for the idea. Fun when you're bored.