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Sculpting in Solid Mercury, with Liquid Nitrogen (Popsci.com + BB Video)

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READ HOW IT'S DONE HERE! ( http://www.popsci.com/mercuryf... ) Boing Boing Video teams up with PopSci and Theo Gray ( MAD SCIENCE author) for an eerily beautiful science experiment -- how to cast solid, if fleeting, shapes from normally liquid mercury -- just keep it at 320 degrees below zero, with liquid nitrogen. Snip from Theo's experiment, documented in this video: "What you consider solid, liquid or gas depends entirely on where you live. For example, men from cold, cold Mars might build their houses out of ice. Women from Venus, where the average temperature is about 870°F, could bathe in liquid zinc. We think mercury is a liquid metal, but its all relative. At one temperature, the mercury atoms arrange themselves into a solid crystal; at another, they flow freely around each other as a liquid. Children from Pluto (like mine, for example) could happily cast their toy soldiers out of mercury, because on that frigid planet it is a solid, malleable metal a lot like tin. Here on temperate Earth, you need a stove to cast tin, but a tank of liquid nitrogen to make mercury figurines..." http://www.popsci.com/mercuryf... RELATED BOING BOING BLOG POST: http://www.boingboing.net/2009...

Channel: Science & Technology
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: boingboingvideo

Length: 03:38
Rating: 4.585882
Views: 257527

Tags: Boingboing  popular  science  popsci  mercury  frozen  theo  gray  mad  dangerous  scientific  experiment  poison  explosion  freezing  chemistry  

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fablan6 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Τ-1000
narekzo (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
@timonator14 thanx bro
timonator14 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
@narekzo At it's most basic, Mercury is a rare metal that is liquid at room temperature. Check Wikipedia for more information, it's really cool stuff.
GeistvonWut (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
@narekzo You'd eventually die, as Mercury is a very toxic material.
sawmakai (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
@narekzo look it up
stalker7d7 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
What happens if you microwave frozen mercury?
narekzo (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
guys can someone expain to me what mercury is plz and what will happen if u touch it with ur hand
JediDragonRider12 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
...in heaven we could play with Mercury all we want...
watcherxd (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
There's no question that this fish is suffering from *puts on glasses* Elevated mercury levels **YEAAAAAHHHH**
TheL4786 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
If its so poisonous how come people played with it and were fine sounds like bull to me


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