Support us on Patreon: /react It is the alchemical element par excellence. For millennia, this liquid metal has inspired Emperors, alchemists, artists, and even Senku himself. Mercury is the only liquid metal on the periodic table. What's so special about it? Why is it liquid? Is it as poisonous as they say? Do you know what calomel is? No atoms were harmed during the recording of this video. Follow me on social media! Instagram ► /aschemist Twitter ► /pontebata Twitch ► /pontebata Tiktok ► /ponte_bata In collaboration with the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology - Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness. Thanks to the people who offered their help and talent when making this video: - To the Joan Miró Foundation, especially Mercé Sabartés and Ramón Gonzáles, for dedicating an entire morning to showing us the Mercury Fountain. - To Alexander Calder's family, for letting us show his work. - To Jordi Rosa for his essential help recording the video and the making of. - To my dear friend Pedro for helping me with his gift of writing. - To María Montesdeoca, Hector “Vergilio” del Rosario, Victor Monzón, Kevin García and Saúl Ojeda for their patience and advice. - To Luck Studio for its incredible cover design. Twitter: @Luckstudio_ - To Dr Josep Duran for being the great support and the best thesis director one could wish for. ►Music and sound: - Terrain – Splasher - Malibu Cruise – Sarah the Illstrumentalist - Teahouse Event – ​​SINY - Life in Pieces – Howard Harper - Cribs 64 – Levante Maneas - Orange -- SINY - Cambodia Rain -- SINY - Dansez -- Fasion - Can't Make Up My Mind - Gloria Tells - Mercedes - Aesyme ►Images and video: - Portraits of the protagonists and famous scientists taken from Wikimedia Commons. - Documentary featuring Michael Faraday (PBS Einstein's Big Idea): • PBS Einstein's Big Idea Michael Faraday - Scene from Dr Stone, by Riichiro Inagaki. - Disney's Alice in Wonderland - Minamata Bay from Wikimedia Commons - Documentary about China's First Emperor from the Smithsonian: • China's First Emperor - Qin Shi Huang... - Image of Qin Shi Huang taken from the video game Civilization V - Gold extraction by amalgamation: • Fine Gold Recovery using ball-mill, g... - Hermes from Destripando La Historia: • Hermes Destripando la Historia ►Bibliography: - R, Afshari (2019). Mercury Poisoning, Emperor Qin Shi Huang and his Terracotta Army. BC Toxicology News Monthly Buletin. BTCOX 2019 Jan 1(4) 406-430 - Wisniak, Jaime. (2008). The History of Mercury – From Discovery to Incommodity. CENIC Ciencias Químicas Journal. 39. 147-157. - Calvo F, Pahl E, Wormit M, Schwerdtfeger P. Evidence for low-temperature melting of mercury owing to relativity. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2013 Jul 15;52(29):7583-5. doi: 10.1002/anie.201302742. Epub 2013 Jun 18. PMID: 23780699. - Gunnar F Nordberg, Bruce A. Fowler, Monica Nordberg. Handbook on the toxicology of metals. Volume 1. Fourth Edition. General Consideration. Elsevier SBN: 978-0-12-398292-6 (Volume I) - CA, McAuliffe. The Chemistry of Mercury. Aspects of Inorganic Chemistry. Palgrave Macmilla 1977. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-024... - Rasashidi definition https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/... - Simon, Cotton. “The Karen Wetterhahn story” Uppingham School, Turland. UK DimethylMercury - Molecule of the Month - October 2003 - HTML version (bris.ac.uk) #Mercury #Elemental #Chemistry #Alchemy