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Re: Walk on Mercury?

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From: Hans DU BUF
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 10:37
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In article <1992Jul29.144611.23703@access.usask.ca>, goldie@herald.usask.ca (Hugh Goldie) writes:
|> I hope this is a new question --I haven't been on the net long.  I heard this
|> on a local radio station, but have not heard a good answer yet:
|> 
|> If your swimming pool was filled with mercury, could you walk on it?  (What 
|> would happen if you tried it?)

I guess that walking upright would be impossible because you can't maintain
your balance.
Apart from that, mercury is a normal but heavy fluid so you might sink
up to your ankles or a bit further.
It would be very difficult to drown, but before starting to experiment I
advise you to put on a hermetically closed diving suit.
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Subject: Re: Walk on Mercury?
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