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If you mean the chemical element Mercury, then no; Mercury and lead are separate elements. At high enough temperatures, they can be melted together, but because mercury is liquid at room temperature they probably wouldn't stay combined.
If you mean whether the planet Mercury contains the element lead, then the answer is that it almost certainly does. The core of Mercury is dense and metallic, and lead (like all elements up through uranium) was present at the formation of the solar system.
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∙ 7y agoYes, Mercury and Venus both are. Venus can because it has a very thick atmosphere to trap heat in and bake the planet with the greenhouse effect. Mercury can because it is so close to the sun. When Mercury faces the sun it becomes 450 degrees Celsius, 840 Fahrenheit, which is hot enough. You can not, however, melt lead on the other side of Mercury because it gets as cold as -170 Celsius, -275 Fahrenheit (it gets this cold because the atmosphere is far too thin to trap heat around the planet). So yes, when Mercury is directly facing the Sun you can melt lead.
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∙ 14y agoIf you mean the chemical element mercury, then no; mercury and lead are separate elements. At high enough temperatures, they can be melted together, but because mercury is liquid at room temperature they probably wouldn't stay combined.
If you mean whether the planet Mercury contains the element lead, then the answer is that it almost certainly does. The core of Mercury is dense and metallic, and lead (like all elements up through uranium) was present at the formation of the solar system.
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What things are hot enough to melt metals?
That depends on the metal: mercury is already liquid at room temperature, gallium will melt in your hand, many alloys will melt in hot water, but other metals do have to be heated to thousands of degrees before they melt.
What is the surface temp on mercury?
Because it is so close to the Sun and has almost no atmosphere, the side facing away from the Sun is very cold (-170 Celsius, -275 Fahrenheit) and the side facing it gets very hot (450 Celsius, 840 Fahrenheit). In case you were wondering, it is hot enough to melt lead, but only when it's facing the Sun enough. And Venus can melt lead anywhere (all year) because it's extremely dense atmosphere traps the heat in a greenhouse effect. These are the only two planets that can melt lead.
What type of change is gold when it gets hot enough to melt?
If gold gets hot enough, it will melt. What type of change is this?
What 3 metals would melt on Venus?
The temperature on the surface of Venus is about 461.85 °C this hot enough to melt zinc which melts at 419.53 °C, lead which melts at 327.46 °C and tin which melts at 231.93 °C
What metal can get hot enough to glow but not melt?
all metal can melt
What is the maximum termperature of planet mercury?
427° C hot enough to melt lead
What planet has a hot temperature?
Even though Mercury is closer to the Sun, Venus is hotter, with its atmosphere causing a runaway greenhouse effect. Surface temperatures are around 735K - hot enough to melt lead.
Which planet 's surface's is hot enough to melt lead?
the hottest planet is not the planet nearest to the sun, which is mercury. it is venus, the second nearest. it is very hot on venus because, unlike mercury, venus has an atmosphere. the atmosphere acts rather like the windows in a greenhouse, and helps to heat the surface of the planet. the temperature there is about 900 degrees, which i shot enough to melt several metals.
What things are hot enough to melt metals?
That depends on the metal: mercury is already liquid at room temperature, gallium will melt in your hand, many alloys will melt in hot water, but other metals do have to be heated to thousands of degrees before they melt.
What is the surface temp on mercury?
Because it is so close to the Sun and has almost no atmosphere, the side facing away from the Sun is very cold (-170 Celsius, -275 Fahrenheit) and the side facing it gets very hot (450 Celsius, 840 Fahrenheit). In case you were wondering, it is hot enough to melt lead, but only when it's facing the Sun enough. And Venus can melt lead anywhere (all year) because it's extremely dense atmosphere traps the heat in a greenhouse effect. These are the only two planets that can melt lead.
Is Venus's hot or cold or what?
Venus' thick atmosphere and closer relation to the Sun makes it astonishingly hot. Hot enough to melt lead and sulphur.
What type of change is gold when it gets hot enough to melt?
If gold gets hot enough, it will melt. What type of change is this?
What 3 metals would melt on Venus?
The temperature on the surface of Venus is about 461.85 °C this hot enough to melt zinc which melts at 419.53 °C, lead which melts at 327.46 °C and tin which melts at 231.93 °C
What metal can get hot enough to glow but not melt?
all metal can melt
If a rock gets a hot enough it will?
it will melt
If a rock gets hot enough what will it do?
It will melt.
What planet is extremely hot?
Venus, it's so hot it can melt lead.
