After squeezing liquid gallium, we decided to squeeze mercury!
What should we do next?
A: Rubidium
B: Some other metal — you choose!
C: PLEASE STOP TORTURING METALS
Thanks to: @drdrewitt.bsky.social, @fturci.bsky.social and quite a few others not on Bluesky.
journals.aps.org/prb/abstract...
The atomic-scale structure and melting curve of liquid mercury was measured using in situ synchrotron x-ray diffraction (SXRD) at pressure and temperature ($p\text{\ensuremath{-}}T$) conditions up to ...
