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Cheers, hadn't heard of that alloy before. I bought some gallium to play with after seeing this video of it on a lock - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeghGhV

• bserge 6y ago
  Wow, so that's pure gallium. No wonder liquid metal manufacturers recommend you never use it on aluminum!
  • detritus 6y ago
    Yeah, I bought some gallium years ago after seeing videos of its effect on Aluminium. I wanted to get a sense for its 'potential' during dark post 9/11 days of terrorist threats and such, adding another mental concern - "What if someone dribbled some down the side of a plane's window?". After playing with it a bit, i figured it'd be pretty hard to cause harm (you need to scratch the oxide layer for the gallium to affect ally). Worry gone, it's made for an interesting toy since :)