r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/ansyhrrian • 16h ago

Video What popping a balloon full of mercury looks like in slow motion

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u/Even_Author_3046 16h ago

T-1000

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u/julias-winston 16h ago

Advanced prototype. Liquid "metl".

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u/ohhellothere301 15h ago

Polymimetic alloy.

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u/Gladwulf 15h ago

Just what you see.

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u/AffectionateArt2277 16h ago

I Want to Break Free.

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u/Possible-One-6101 15h ago

Help the reference. I know it's queen, but how?

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u/AffectionateArt2277 15h ago

Mercury, Freddie.

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u/gavinsmash2005 16h ago

I want to brrrrrreak free

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u/AntawnSL 16h ago

I love watching mercury vids, but this is just a small amount of liquid falling a short distance into a container. There's no chemistry or unique properties being shown. It's just shiny liquid acting like a liquid. Am I missing something?

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u/sevenut 16h ago

You're probably a bird

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u/AntawnSL 16h ago

I'm n... I mean, how did y... Nu-uh.

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u/Qu33N_Of_NoObz_ 15h ago

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Busted

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u/PM_ME_Y0UR__CAT 16h ago

Fuckin rekt

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u/RealisticEmploy3 12h ago

A lot of content in this sub has been like that lately. Not intellectually stimulating but generically appealing ā€œscienceyā€ content that has the right vocab and concepts but teaches you nothing

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u/blackstarr1996 16h ago

Iā€™m more impressed with the explosive sound it makes as it bursts forth from the balloon.

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u/JaggedMetalOs 9h ago

I guess maybe this is the first time a lot of people have seen a big glob of mercury being dropped in a bucket?

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u/hoosehoose 16h ago

Alex Mack

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u/aGraciousGod 16h ago

You've got me all nostalgic over here.

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u/hoosehoose 16h ago

Itā€™s all I could think about when I saw it. I loved that show! Underrated af lol

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u/ohhellothere301 15h ago

Holy shit. Memories unlocked!

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u/ElJefeTurdBurger 16h ago

I wanna lick it.

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u/wartexmaul 15h ago

I had this much mercury in my mouth when i was 12. Its stupid heavy and tries to slip out. I sucked up a broken industrial thermometer with a straw off the factory floor. Yes, i was dumb.

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u/pants_mcgee 14h ago

Luckily it was elemental mercury instead of organic mercury, otherwise your dumb decision would also be your last.

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u/wartexmaul 14h ago

I was 100km from Chornobyl when it blew up like 10 days later after the mercury thing. Childhood full of memories.

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u/Nixellion 1h ago

Impulsive decisions like that is what scares me most, as a parent. How the hell do you protect a kid from doing dumb stuff like this.

And no, "educating" does not work, you can tell a kid something lots of times, show it in books, show cartoons, lecture them for an hour, and they still can "oops i forgot".

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u/thats_not_the_quote 14h ago

we're all a bit mad here

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u/fatguynohio 16h ago

That's glorious

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u/Ghongchii 16h ago

T-1000 conception

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u/Ok-Introduction-1387 15h ago

How does mercury stay a liquid

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u/ansyhrrian 15h ago

Disclosure: I love mercury and have a bit of a nerd-fest relationship with it.

Mercury stays liquid at room temperature (this is important) because its atoms donā€™t bond tightly like other metals at that temperature. Also, mercury's electrons move very, very quickly so that it messes up the usual metallic bonding; weaker bonds mean the atoms slide past each other more easily, thus why mercury stays liquid.

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u/Narcan9 14h ago

Willpower

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u/studiesinsilver 16h ago

I mean, that is in slow motion. Watch the hand moveā€¦ that isnā€™t natural

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u/limminl 7h ago

Yes... that's what it says in the title.

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u/Kabuto_ghost 7h ago

Readā€¦titleā€¦.hardā€¦..do.

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u/NomadTravellers 14h ago

It looks like playing with one of the most toxic substances on earth to get a few likes and a boring video. It looks like idiocy, that's what it looks like

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u/runic7_ 4h ago

Liquid mercury is far from one of the most toxic substances on earth. It's actually quite safe. The only risk is ingestion or dissipation when sprayed or left for long periods.

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u/NomadTravellers 3h ago

Not true, it can definitely be absorbed through skin also, and cause acute or chronic mercury toxicity. Source: myself unfortunately

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u/Forty_Creature14 16h ago

Okay but when did you get that off of my truck?

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u/Fun-Attention-884 16h ago

that's the question that's plagued me throughout my life

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u/Spiritual-Bear9118 16h ago

Great now I wanna watch T2 again

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u/VirtualLife76 16h ago

Imagine if milk or something consumable looked like that.

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u/ReconditeMe 16h ago

We all have seen T2

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u/TooLazyToLope 16h ago

Breathe in that sweet smell

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u/roycorda 16h ago

CapriSun-esque

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u/tanew231 16h ago

I'd always wondered what popping a balloon full of mercury looks like in slow motion

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u/BluetheNerd 16h ago

This is almost certainly gallium not mercury.

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u/soccercasa 15h ago

I can tell this dropped our FPS substantially.

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u/engrish_is_hard00 15h ago

Reminds me of the day after I eat taco bell at 3am lol

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u/mossberbb 15h ago

hope that wasn't methyl mercury

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u/Glass-Sheepherder-16 15h ago

Mercury turns from fluid to gas (sublimates) at room temperature and as you inhale those toxic fumes into your lungs, it collects that poison and it stays in your in body permanently. With enough exposure, you'll die of mercury poisoning. You can get Mercury poisoning just by eating too much seafood that has mercury in it.

Don't F' around with mercury.

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u/Erridkforname 14h ago

im gonna assume he has all the necessary PPE for that. either ways, cool

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u/Phalonnt 14h ago

What does it look like to drink the mercury?

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u/sfled 14h ago

Metal AF!

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u/Hmgkt 12h ago

Run!!!

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u/Creamy_Spunkz 12h ago

Mercury is quite loud

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u/similaraleatorio 9h ago

I'm disappointed šŸ˜ž

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u/42bloop98 6h ago

Sister Agnes gave each of us 4th graders a dime-size amount in the palm of our hands. Looking back, I suspect she just didn't feel like teaching that day - quietest day that Fall (1964-ish)

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u/Frostgaurdian0 3h ago

Totally not dangerous

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u/Drizznarte 2h ago

That's not full !

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u/Zebbie64 16h ago

Mercury in flow stateā€¦ satisfying!

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u/Metalman_Exe 16h ago

Ironically in the thread directly above this a comment was made about an OF Models assest looking like a baloon filled with mercury, so I guess now I know what it'd look like if they ran into something pointy.