Mercury freezes at roughly minus 38.8 degrees Celsius, a temperature so far below everyday conditions that the silvery ...
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Why is mercury a liquid?

Mercury is a metal, yet it has some weird physical properties, including being a liquid at room temperature.
With its silver-white appearance, its ability to compress into a roly-poly ball at the prod of a pencil, and the fact that it is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature, mercury is one of ...