 Quote by erickalle
If the mercury ions never become charged then we are left with the charge of the –ve electrons. So the total sum is: zero charge on the ion and 1 negative electronic charge per atom. This makes for a lot of –ve charge on the whole wire.
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Er... say what?
A "liquid metal" is still a metal. Stick your electrodes in liquid mercury and tell me if you have a charge liquid after 5 minutes.
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If you got objections to me melting the wire with a high current I can always melt it in another way and then send a high current through. My point here was that the ions are not moving length wise even in the liquid state.
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And my question is, why should they? The whole lump of metallic liquid is
neutral. A liquid metal is STILL a metal!
And I don't just talk the talk without having to get to DO it also, which means I don't just make it up as I go along.
Zz.