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Does mercury conduct electricity?

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Does mercury conduct electricity?

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  1. Oh yes, in fact it used to be used in 'rocker switches'!

    The very first electric motor, demonstrated by Farady, used a bath of mercury as one of the terminals.


  2. It's a metal, so yes.

  3. It IS a metal, so it conducts electricity.

    Even though it is liquid in form, it can still conduct electricity.

  4. Yes.

  5. yes

  6. Oh yes, hence `Mercury Switches`.
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