Gold disappears! Gold meets Mercury
Gold dissolves into liquid mercury, making a soft silvery paste called an amalgam. Heat it and the mercury boils away, leaving the gold behind.
The result
- What you get
- Gold amalgam
- When it happens
- At room temperature
Fun fact from Fizzy: Gold miners once used mercury to collect tiny flecks of gold, which polluted many rivers.
🥽 Mercury is poisonous. Never touch it.