[erickejah (OP)]

People can walk in mercury  [], thanks to its high surface tension.
If the same element is put at 4.3° it becomes solid:
1. would it retain the same surface characteristic?
2. If it retains the characteristic would it have elasticity?

[Chemistry4me]

They can't actually 'walk in' mercury. Only one person has sat on it (as far as I know anyway)

[lyner]

The reason you can 'sit' on mercury is because it is extremely DENSE; you float just the same as in water.
But there is an awful lot of 'upthrust' (most favouritest School Science word ever)- 13.6 times as much as water.

[erickejah (OP)]

okay. []