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An curved arrow pointing right. You definitely shouldn't mess around with mercury, but if you want a safe, similar, tactile experience, a metal called Gallium is widely available online.

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Mercury—an element long known for its toxicity—has earned a notorious spot on the World Health Organisation’s list of top ten chemicals of concern for public health. While it naturally ...

and is therefore incapable of combining with other elements; hence it appears that helium can in some way not known act as a “carrier” of mercury.