Liquid Metal
 

I have a bottle of liquid metal. What cool things can I do with it?

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coke cans to radiators

dildos to bonnets

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Mercury?

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Yeh I think so. Seems like I should be able to do something interesting with it

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:smt046

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the car locks of that arsewhole from down the road (wasnt me officer i dont even know what that stuff is)
or my presonal fav let down the tyres and put it in the valve (sorry im having an evil day today)

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drink it, i dares you

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You mean the glue/resin/filler type of epoxy stuff? Or actually a bottle of liquid metal?

The glue stuff has loads of uses, mercury, I dunno I think its only practical use is as a tilt switch if you fancy blasting anything into the middle of next week...

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It's an actual bottle of liquid metal

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So, if it's liquid at normal room temperature, it's Mercury - keep the lid on. It's not just a cuddly bottle of fun, it can be pretty nasty stuff, and is poisonous. However, if you do want to play with it, marvel at the way you can make cool silver globules on a mirror and then make them all into a bigger silver globule.

Alternatively, if it's only liquid when you're sat in the sun or have the heating on full, it could be Francium, Caesium, Gallium or Rubidium.

If it's Francium, put it in a thick lead box and bury it several miles deep.

If it's Caesium, keep it away from water.

If it's Gallium, it's reasonably safe just to go 'oooh' and watch it melt in your hand.

If it's Rubidium, keep it away from Oxygen and water in case it goes all violently reacty