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A metal that melts in your hand?

Updated: 8/10/2023
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There is NO such metal:

Mercury is already molten (-39oC) and the next lowest is Potassium with melting point (+63oC) which you never can reach by holding in your hand: (maximum +37oC body temperature).

Anyhow, you should NEVER hold these two metals in your hand!!

(Hg is toxic and K is self igniting to burn with air (oxygen) and flammable with water (sweating)!!)

The metallic elements cesium and gallium have melting points of 83.19 degrees Fahrenheit and 85.57 degrees Fahrenheit, respectively. Since average body temperature is 96.8 degrees Fahrenheit, these elements could melt in your hand.

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That would most likely be gallium. Though cesium also meets these criteria.

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ceasium and gallium will melt if kept in palm

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