What would happen if you touched the element mercury?

Answer 1

At body temperature and atmospheric pressure, Mercury is a liquid, so if you touched it, it would deform away from the pressure of your finger. A word of caution is in order however. Mercury is known to be able to cross through the skin into the body. It doesn't absorb very fast, so it takes time to absorb very much. You have to handle a lot of mercury to get any significant amount absorbed through the skin. The greater danger is inhaling mercury vapor - which tends to be present in low levels when you have liquid mercury around.

Unfortunately, once it gets into your body, it takes a long time to get back out too. Mercury poisoning can damage nerves of the peripheral nervous system causing tingling, pricking, or numbness of a person's skin as well as burning or itching sensations. At higher doses it can lead to skin discoloration (pink cheeks, fingertips and toes), swelling, and skin shedding. A person suffering from mercury poisoning may experience profuse sweating, tachycardia (persistently faster-than-normal heart beat), increased salivation, and hypertension (high blood pressure). Affected children may show red cheeks, nose and lips, loss of hair, teeth, and nails, transient rashes, muscle weakness, and increased sensitivity to light. Other symptoms may include kidney dysfunction, extreme mood swings (like uncontrollable crying or laughter), memory impairment, or insomnia.

Answer 2

Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun. Range is estimated 46 million km an ranges to about 70 million km from the sun.

"Since Mercury is so close to the Sun, and it's baking hot. But the reality is that there are regions on the surface of Mercury which are never heated by the Sun. These are craters around the poles of the planet which are eternally in shadow. And because they're in shadow, they can be hundreds of degrees below zero. Water could form ice in these craters that could last for millions of years."

And finally the answer to your question is,
If you were to make it to Mercury alive.. i think you would Incinerate or Freeze.

Answer 3

It will cause Nerve damage. (that's a bad thing)

Answer 4

You will die, first by the incriptonable syndrome which infects the brain, and destroys the human brain cells then slowly becomes fatal.

Answer 5

It spills in your hand, then in a couple of minutes you die from inhaling it too much

Answer 6

Mercury contains a solid, rocky landscape composed of numerous volcanoes, however it is so close to the Sun that you would most likely burn up before you reached the surface.

Answer 7

Nothing , because it is not adhesive in nature so can not absorbed on human skin but it is better to wash the part of body where it touched.