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Mercury: The Liquid Metal

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Uploaded by on Aug 16, 2007

A demonstration of this metal's fluidity, how to view its vapours, and whether a magnet has any noticeable effects on it.



Music: "Near's Theme", Death Note OST #3

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  • I wonder if Mercury can be a Cure for Cancer O_o

  • Not likely, but they thought for ages that Mercury could cure syphillus. For ages they also thought lead acetate was a good sweetener for wine too. Both had the same kind of problems.

  • Whats a natural source of Mercury, and where does it come from?

  • It's usually mined from the mineral Cinnabar, which is Mercury Sulfide (HgS), although droplets of mercury metal can be found along with the mineral occasionally. There may be other mercury ores but that's the biggest one that I know of.

  • 1 gram can turn even the smartest people into non talking vegetables cuz of servere brain damage

  • That's very true. The key is to get it all into your brain so that it can cause the damage.

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  • It says that it melts at -38,9 degrees celcius. But how do you melt something thats already a liquid?

  • That shot of the vapor is scary.

  • ha, the death note song

  • "Truth or Dare?" "Dare!" "I dare you to rub mercury all over your cuts and scabs!"

  • Cool video, thanks for posting!

  • Only Fe, Ni & Co have magnetic effects.

  • LOL.... when on the paper plate...... "whoa"/// wow. cracked up laughing

  • I never thought mercury would evaporate like that.

  • Yes, mercury is quite a common component found in many things. The most common being of course, amalgam fillings (those which look silvery). There have been recent health scares due to people believing that their mercury alloy fillings were causing them sickness due to chronic low level poisoning from vapours eradiating from their fillings. However mostly these vapours are so negligable and are not absorbed into the body.

  • ok, tx. Do You know if there are some foods, pestitsides or other common stuff that contaion it?

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