What happens when you mix Gold and Mercury?

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.

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