liquid metals
Mercury and gallium
Liquid metals are metals or metal alloys that exist in liquid state at or near room temperature.
Mercury is the most familiar example—liquid at ordinary temperatures.
Gallium melts in your hand.
Various alloys achieve low melting points for specialized applications: soldering, thermal management, flexible electronics.
In materials science, liquid metals enable novel conductors and shape-shifting devices.
- mercuryLiquid metallic element
- galliumElement thirty-one
- room temperatureStandard indoor thermal level
- moltenLiquefied by extreme heat
- melting pointLiquefaction threshold temperature
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