Name a liquid metal which is heavier than solid silver.

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Solution

Density of mercury is $13.6 g / c m^{3}$ .
Density of Silver is $10.5 g / c m^{3}$ .
$\frac{D e n s i t y o f m e r c u r y}{D e n s i t y o f s i l v e r} = \frac{13.6}{10.5} = 1.29$
Mercury is 1.29 times heavier than silver.
Hence, Mercury is heavier than solid silver.

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