Liquid gallium demonstration

In this video I take solid gallium and melt it at low temperature on a hot plate. Gallium is metal that has a very low melting point, like mercury... but it is not toxic. The melting point is so low, you can actually melt it in your hand. After melting the gallium, I play with it in my hand .

[noname-zjow]

That stuff is really cool. Underrated video

[RealSnarb]

I like to do this with mercury since it doesn't stick as much. Still fun to play with gallium, though, if a bit messy.