What's shiny, liquid, conducts electricity and is also the surname of a legendary rock star? You guessed it, mercury. This naturally occurring element has a lot of uses, but it's also quite ...

An curved arrow pointing right. You definitely shouldn't mess around with mercury, but if you want a safe, similar, tactile experience, a metal called Gallium is widely available online.

Skip to content viewer section. ABSTRACT The Large Zenith Telescope is a 6 m optical telescope employing a rotating primary mirror coated with a film of liquid mercury. Located at an altitude of 400 m ...

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The item turned out to be a pipe containing liquid mercury. A remediation crew and a fire marshal remained on scene to clean it up. State Police and a bomb squad had been on scene, but they have ...

He trapped a bubble of air at the sealed end of a J-shaped tube using liquid mercury. He then added more mercury and observed what happened to the volume of the air bubble. Boyle found that the ...