Gallium melts at about 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit). The temperature of your hand gets above that all the time.
Gallium is a solid at room temperature, but it has a low melting point of about 85.6°F (29.8°C), which is close to normal human body temperature. Therefore, when held in your hand, the heat from your body can cause gallium to melt.
Perhaps the most interesting thing about gallium is that it has a melting point not far above room temperature. With a melting point of just 86 degrees Fahrenheit (30 Degrees Celsius) the metal will melt in the palm of your hand or on a hot day.
Its melting point is about the same as room temp. (29.76)
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.
Some metals that melt easily at low temperatures include gallium, cesium, and mercury.
Gallium is low melting soft silvery metal, it literally will melt in your hand. Its normal phase is solid.
Mercury and gallium. Actually, gallium is the one that would turn from a solid to a liquid in a person's hand.
Pure gallium will melt from your body heat. It melts at around 85 degrees F. You are at 98.6 degrees F.
Gallium is a solid at room temperature, but it has a low melting point of about 85.6°F (29.8°C), which is close to normal human body temperature. Therefore, when held in your hand, the heat from your body can cause gallium to melt.
It is a solid, but the melting point is only 30'C, so it would melt in your hand.
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.
Francium melts at about 80oF. Cesium melts at about 83.4oF. Gallium melts at about 85.6oF. All of these are solid at room temperature but would melt in your hand. Rubidium melts at about 103.4oF, so that is just a little higher than body temperature. Mercury melts at 37.7oF, so it would certainly melt in your hand, but it would already be a liquid at room temperature.
At room temperature (25oC) and pressure, only two elements are liquid: Mercury and bromine. Gallium is not.
Perhaps the most interesting thing about gallium is that it has a melting point not far above room temperature. With a melting point of just 86 degrees Fahrenheit (30 Degrees Celsius) the metal will melt in the palm of your hand or on a hot day.
Its melting point is about the same as room temp. (29.76)
Gallium dichloride is synthesised by reacting weighed amounts of gallium trichloride and gallium under vacuum.
Mercury is the only metal liquid at room temperature. Others come close, like Gallium, which will melt in your hand from body heat.