Anjuli is looking at four different metal samples on the counter. Three are solid, and one is a liquid. Which statement about the liquid metal is most likely true?

Mercury is a metal that is liquid at ordinary room temperature, while metals such as gold are solid under those conditions. Superheating or supercooling would require special conditions and is not the most likely explanation for a liquid metal sample on a counter. Therefore, the liquid metal is most likely mercury.

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