Mercury Shouldnt Be Liquid. But It Is

Mercury, quicksilver, is famous for being a liquid at room also below room temperature. But you can t use a high school chem class to explain why. Instead, we need a little help from Einstein. Hosted by: Reid Reimers (he, him) Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Adam Brainard, Alex Hackman, Ash, Benjamin Carleski, Bryan Cloer, charles george, Chris Mackey, Chris Peters, Christoph Schwanke, Christopher R Boucher, DrakoEsper, Eric Jensen, Friso, Garrett Galloway, Harrison Mills, J. Copen, Jaap Westera, Jason A Saslow, Jeffrey Mckishen, Jeremy Mattern, Kenny Wilson, Kevin Bealer, Kevin Knupp, Lyndsay Brown, Matt Curls, Michelle Dove, Piya Shedden, Rizwan Kassim, Sam Lutfi Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet SciShow Tangents Podcast: TikTok: Twitter: Instagram: Facebook: , SciShow, science, education, learning, complexly Sources; Images: