Solid Steel Ball & Liquid Mercury Challenge: Why does the solid steel ball floats on liquid mercury?
Name that property of mercury.
✏️ Solution: Mercury is almost twice as dense as steel, Archimedes's principle predicts that roughly half the ball bearing will stick out exposed above the liquid surface. Mercury (element Hg) is very toxic - please don't handle it without appropriate hazardous material safety training.
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