• Question: is it true that there is a metal that melts in you hands

    Asked by holzdolz1 to Christina, Jess, Steve on 26 Jun 2013.
    • Photo: Christina Pagel

      Christina Pagel answered on 26 Jun 2013:

      some do – mercury is a metal and is liquid at room temperature but i guess that doesn’t count as melting in your hands (and it’s not very good for you)…

      Then there’s gallium – this melts at 29 degrees and so if you hold it long enough it would melt (your body temperature is 37 degrees)…

      here’s a video of it!

    • Photo: Steven Gardner

      Steven Gardner answered on 27 Jun 2013:

      gallium is cool. It form an alloy with aluminium that completely weakens it. Here’s a video of someone pulling apart a coke can that’s had gallium infused into it.

      And just for good measure here is mercury distroying aluminium too.

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