Answer:
Like most other metals, Gallium is solid at room temperature (or liquid if it is too hot in your room). But, if it is held [in hands] for long enough, it melts in your hands, and doesn't poison you like Mercury would. This is because of its unusually low melting point of (~29 degree Centigrade).
- It melts once it reaches its melting point.
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Explanation:
In normal atmosphere, analytical reagents may absorb water molecules that may affect the results of chemical reactions. So, in order to get accurate results from these analytical regents, they must be stored in a dessicated atmosphere or heated before being used so that the water molecules must dry away.
Answer:
Mineral dusts are solid particles, that may become airborne depending upon their origin and the surrounding physical conditions. Lead is potential poison. It is obtained from the earth crust. The lead poisoning is a popular occupational hazard. The lead in air, when taken by the human body through respiration is responsible to cause anemia, weakness and kidney and brain damage, labored breathing and lung diseases.
