Mercury is so dense an iron anvil will easily float in it 📹Cody's Lab

Using red dye to demonstrate that mercury cannot be absorbed by a napkin, only the dye can. Soaking up liquid is called 'capillary action' the same as sucking up a straw. Mercury is very dense, having a much higher surface tension than water, more so than the napkin and so therefore does not absorb it. 📽 credit FB

@gunsnrosesgirl3 Mercury is great, it's liquid at room temperature due to relativistic effects. The electrons travel so fast (near light speed) and contract its radius so much that it prefers to be in a liquid state at room temperature!

@gunsnrosesgirl3 Liquid metal

@gunsnrosesgirl3 These Twitter videos are far more educating than the entire chemistry classes.

@gunsnrosesgirl3 My Chemistry teacher should have taught like this.

@gunsnrosesgirl3 This piece not only serves as an educational exploration of physics but also highlights the excitement of discovering unconventional aspects of well-known elements. Cody's Lab continues to be a reliable source for making science both entertaining and enlightening.

Most other substances can float in it because mercury's density is high. Metals such as nickel, iron and copper, as well as mixed substances such as most stone forms, as well as organic materials such as plastics and wood, are involved. It can also float liquids and gases that are less dense than mercury.

Any obect's ability to float is because of Buoyancy. This applies also to cast iron or steel floating on liquid Mercury in room temperature !!! Archimedes' principle is the statement that the buoyant force on an object is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object. The simplicity and power of this idea is striking. If you want to know the buoyant force on an object, you only need to determine the weight of the fluid displaced by the object. Archimedes had a task to design and build the largest ship ever, the Syracousia however at that time they didn't even know if it could float. Archimedes put all his efforts to define the law of Buoyance that helped him with the design and construction of the ship (Yes, they constructed it). Note: Some people prefer the story with the golden crown and the 'Eureka' moment.

The reason is that mercury has a high density, about 13.5 g/cm³, compared to the density of water which is 1 g/cm³. This means that when you place an object with a lower density than mercury in water, the mercury will create a more buoyant force to keep the object above the water. This creates a "floating" effect for objects in a mercury environment. However, it should be noted that mercury is toxic and harmful to health, so you need to be very careful when contacting and handling this substance.

Mercury's high density, about 5.427 grams per cubic centimeter, is primarily due to its large metallic core, which makes up about 60% of its mass. This core consists mostly of iron and nickel. Now, the reason an iron anvil would float on Mercury is because the density of iron (7.87 g/cm³) is less than Mercury's average density. In other words, if an object is less dense than the liquid it's placed in, it will float. So, on Mercury, where density rules, an iron anvil would indeed float effortlessly on its dense surface.

@gunsnrosesgirl3 @BleaseMandy So is this government

@gunsnrosesgirl3 Is this how the pyramids were built?

Mercury is used in many industries. It's used to produce chlorine gas and caustic soda, and in thermometers, barometers, batteries , and electrical switches. Some examples of workers at risk of being exposed to mercury include the following: Workers in facilities where electrical equipment is manufactured.

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@gunsnrosesgirl3 Qui eut cru qu'une enclume flotterait !?🥴😬

@gunsnrosesgirl3 That liquid is unimaginable poisonous.

@gunsnrosesgirl3 don't play to much with this kids.. if you forget the gloves it easy to get bad poisoning.... and DON*T eat it.

@gunsnrosesgirl3 About 13 times as dense as water.

@gunsnrosesgirl3 @y0o0x_ Absolute Física?

@gunsnrosesgirl3 Ok but what I wanna know is where I can buy those gloves.

@gunsnrosesgirl3 That's cool

@gunsnrosesgirl3 it will also kill you...

@gunsnrosesgirl3 Wow.

@gunsnrosesgirl3 Crikey! Will Gorlock float in there too?

@gunsnrosesgirl3 if you put one metal on other it will stay there 💀

@gunsnrosesgirl3 @lizabeth4love_ Sweet a55 compass,

@gunsnrosesgirl3 Mercury has always been considered one of the best n miracle objects.

@gunsnrosesgirl3 Ah mercury, the forbidden shiney bath water.

@gunsnrosesgirl3 Wow

@gunsnrosesgirl3 Chemists spill Mercury sooner or later. Broken thermometers and other causes. They are very meticulous about vacuuming it up, but it runs everywhere and get into and lodges in cracks. Where it gives off Mercury vapour for years. A lab is not really a healthy work environment.

@gunsnrosesgirl3 What if lakes were actually made of mercury?🤔

@gunsnrosesgirl3 Wow !

@gunsnrosesgirl3 So are Leftists.

@gunsnrosesgirl3 Hg > Fe…. Just look at the chart