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Liquid metal



 
  Liquid metal may refer to

  • One of the five metallic elements liquid at or near room temperature, namely:
    • mercury
      Mercury (element)

      Mercury , also called quicksilver or hydrargyrum , is a chemical element with the symbol Hg and atomic number 80. A heavy, silvery d-block metal, mercury is one of six elements that are liquid at or near room temperature and pressure....
       (melting point -39 °C, -38 °F),
    • francium
      Francium

      Francium , formerly known as Mendeleev's predicted elements-caesium and actinium K, is a chemical element that has the symbol Fr and atomic number 87....
       (27 °C, 81 °F),
    • caesium
      Caesium

      Caesium or cesium is the chemical element with the symbol Cs and atomic number 55. It is a soft, silvery-gold alkali metal with a melting point of , which makes it one of only liquid metal that are liquid at or near room temperature....
       (28 °C, 83 °F),
    • gallium
      Gallium

      Gallium is a chemical element that has the symbol Ga and atomic number 31. Elemental gallium does not occur in nature, but as the Ga salt, in trace amounts in bauxite and zinc ores....
       (30 °C, 86 °F), and
    • rubidium
      Rubidium

      Rubidium is a chemical element with the symbol Rb and atomic number 37. Rb is a soft, silvery-white metallic element of the alkali metal group....
       (39 °C, 102 °F).
    • One other element, bromine
      Bromine

      Bromine , , meaning "stench " ), is a chemical element with the symbol Br and atomic number 35. A halogen element, bromine is a reddish-brown Volatility liquid at Standard conditions for temperature and pressure that is intermediate in reactivity between chlorine and iodine....
      , is also liquid at room temperature (-7.2?°C, 19?°F) but is not a metal.
  • The substance liquidmetal
    Liquidmetal

    Liquidmetal and Vitreloy are commercial names of a series of amorphous metal alloys developed by a California Institute of Technology research team, now marketed by a firm that the team organized called Liquidmetal Technologies....
    , a versatile amorphous metal alloy developed at Caltech.
  • It is also a name for Galinstan
    Galinstan

    Galinstan is an eutectic alloy of gallium, indium, and tin which is liquid at room temperature, typically freezing at -19 ?Degree Celsius . Due to the low toxicity of its component metals, it finds use as a non-toxic replacement for many applications that previously employed liquid mercury or NaK ....
    , a fusible alloy
    Fusible alloy

    A fusible alloy, usually eutectic alloy is capable of being heat of fusion, as well as being liquefied by heat.Sometimes the term "fusible alloy" is used to describe alloys with a melting point below ....
     liquid at room temperature, used as a replacement of mercury
    Mercury (element)

    Mercury , also called quicksilver or hydrargyrum , is a chemical element with the symbol Hg and atomic number 80. A heavy, silvery d-block metal, mercury is one of six elements that are liquid at or near room temperature and pressure....
    .
  • Liquid Metal (Sirius XM)
    Liquid Metal (Sirius XM)

    Liquid Metal is a channel on Sirius XM Radio, launching alongside the XM Satellite Radio service on XM channel 42 since 2001 in radio. The channel plays a variety of hard metal from yesterday and today....
    , a channel on Sirius XM Radio.
  • The fictional "mimetic poly-alloy" composing the T-1000
    T-1000

    The T-1000 is a fictional android assassin featured as the main antagonist in Terminator 2: Judgment Day. The T-1000 is portrayed primarily by Robert Patrick; however, being a Shapeshifting, the T-1000 is played by other actors in some scenes of the film....
     of Terminator 2: Judgment Day
    Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    Terminator 2: Judgment Day, commonly abbreviated as T2, is a action film-science fiction film directed, co-written and co-produced by James Cameron....
    .