We got a nice little breeze today, it's perfect weather for this. It's not too hot. The sun's pretty bright
Hi everyone, welcome back to Cody's lab so a little while ago over on the second channel
I posted a video of me trying to float an anvil in mercury. Despite it getting lots of views. It didn't actually work
So I wanted to try again
So I got a much smaller anvil here
Of course, I'm kidding.
I got a much bigger tub of mercury, so this ought to get that anvil t'float
This is much easier
Get a little bit more wiggle room
Woah
Its also, you stand in there too long cut the circulation off to your feet. Oh gosh, feet are tingly
as it goes back
There's no mercury sloshing in there. So I know they didn't leak. Let's uh, I got this rag wet
Let's wipe off the top
All that oxides and stuff off of there
Isn't that pretty
Since the rag's wet it sticks right to it
Don't get all of it but
That's a lot better then it was
alright, so here's my
110 pound (49.9kg) iron working anvil. I think we got this for making horseshoes and stuff back when we had horses
So I set it in here and see if it floats
Okay, it doesn't seem to want to stay upright. I'll just let it tip over and there it is, it's floatin'
Look at that
The iron anvil floats because mercury has a density nearly twice that of iron
In fact due to the density ratios, the iron actually floats better than wood does in water
Push it down. Woah, it's hard to push down.
That's great here let's try it again from the other side
Ok, here we go
Push down
Bobs up like a cork. Okay. I want to try hitting it with a hammer
I think it dulls the sound quite a bit. Just pull it up out of here set it on that okay
It definitely sounds a lot different
That's actually pretty nice to have your anvil sitting in mercury while you work it to deaden that sound
That way it doesn't hurt your ears as much. That's pretty good
Barely make it wobble by hitting it
Just sit that there, my hammer in. Hammer floats too
That's pretty great. Hope you enjoyed I'll see you next time. Apparently I got mercury in my glove
A lot of good that did
*Chuckles*
*Bubbling sound of mercury*