Is mercury hot enough to melt lead?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

Yes, 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.

Answer 3

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.

Answer 4

Yes, mercury has a melting point of -38.8°C (-37.8°F), while lead has a melting point of 327.5°C (621.5°F). Therefore, mercury is not hot enough to melt lead.