Metal that melts in your hand

Added: 2026-05-16

[00:00:01]Solid metal.

[00:00:03]Gallium melts at 29.76°, which is below human body temperature.

[00:00:08]Hold a solid bar for a minute [music] and it turns into a silvery liquid pool in your palm.

[00:00:14]Unlike mercury, this element is non-toxic and safe to touch.

[00:00:18]It looks like liquid silver but [music] behaves like water.

[00:00:22]Scientists use it in high-temperature thermometers and semiconductors.

[00:00:26]If you drop it on concrete, it stains the surface permanently because it wets almost [music] everything.

[00:00:32]Would you hold molten metal?