Posted by Larry Hoover on January 13, 2009, at 19:22:57
In reply to Re: What's the deal with silver amalgams?, posted by Sigismund on January 13, 2009, at 17:28:25
> But I was just thinking about how we used to push our fingers deep into the mercury, because it was such an unusual feeling.
I was always so surprised at how heavy the mercury was. 20% denser than lead, 13.5 times the density of water. I think that's what made it feel so funny with immersion....the mass displaced was many times the mass of the fingers. I suppose if you tried to swim in it, you'd barely sink into the surface at all.
Lar
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