All about Mercury, the Liquid Metal | Element Series

NileRed: touches mercury Science teachers: You know the rules, its time to die

Gold: I am a Precious solid metal, I can make you rich Gold + 1 proton : I am liquid and I can poison you

2:11 I have an old landline phone that has a mercury switch as a mute function. If the handset is placed horizontally, like on a table, it mutes the microphone. When held on the ear, it is unmuted. Cool to see here how it actually works (together with a lot of other interesting info about mercury of course)👍

I'm allergic to mercury, can't even touch it without getting really really sick. This allergy is so rare and weird to find out that when I told my science teacher back in high school he didn't believe me and mocked me saying "Everyone is "allergic" to poison". I found this allergy when a thermometer broke on my leg and I touched a drop of mercury smaller than a drop of water, I don't want to imagine how sick I would get by putting a finger like in the video.

All my science teachers: mercury is toxic never touch it NileRed: hehe touchy touchy

"I'm very careful when I use it" shakes container violently

They are also used in super-high-current electrical switches (usually in marine applications) that controls hundreds of amps of current because the ability for mercury to "heal" contact spots.

If only my science teacher could be this interesting

Me: thats toxic Brain: how does it feel in our mouth

yo my teacher played this on a lesson so well done you've earned science teacher approval

Thanks for the informative video. Mercury-filled gauges are an essential tool for maintenance of multi-carburetor engines. (read: most motorcycles before EFI.) And it’s getting harder to get mercury refills for them because everyone is so freaked out about how dangerous it is.

I had no idea how interesting mercury could be. 😃 That reaction on aluminium and gold is amazing.

7:08 "Generally less scary" I'm starting to doubt if anything can be scarier than that image

Him: *dips fingers in Mercury* Me: wait, that's illegal

Hey thank’s for telling necessary information’s about this I hope you make more!

Excellent video, excellent ! It was very educational Bill Nye the Science Guy can not put a candle flame to you. Kudos to you dude! This is coming to you from Mobile Alabama the Gulf of Mexico the deepest of the South. Thank you, they should put your videos in science classes in, grammar schools and jr. colleges and so on. You have a way of making a person want to watch, listen and learn. I love science. Your video was Made Simple and easy-to-understand it helps to have someone who can get something across that is so hard but made simple enough that the Layman can understand. Thank you dude 😊

I was dead when he said "For some reason if you decided to swallow it" in a completely flat voice.

"it can be turned into Mercury by roasting it" me: you look like a weak metal

Thanks for helping me make mercury, I got cinabbar and called it stupid and ugly and got the metal. Keep up with the amazing content!

Ty so much for all this information. Now I know more about mercury so when I come across it I know everything about it. Have a great day.😀