Touching gallium



At room temperature, gallium is completely solid. However, it has a super low melting point of only about 30C (86F), so in a bowl of hot water, it should completely liquify. As a liquid, it kind of looks like mercury, but it’s not nearly as toxic, and it’s much safer to hold in my hand. However, it is a lot messier and tends to stick to things, and it leaves an annoying residue.

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  1. Seeing how much gallium has in common with mercury I would not be handling it in your hand… And i have seen school teachers that would hold mercury in their hands like you do with gallium… Mercury dissolves aluminium when it comes into physical contact with it… So does gallium and it melts at body temps higher then 86° F… I would not trust people that claim its safe too touch… heck there are people that said mercury was safe.. some said it could be used as a laxitive some put it in dental fillings some put it in imuno globulins too make vaccines and inject it into the body others used it for floresent lighting and others insisted on puting it in mercury switches air pressure gauges and even hospital mercury thermometers some qould even shove where the sun didnt shine and others droped and broke that would comtinate homes and doorways in childs bedrooms… I would not trust gallium either when it reacts with aluminum too disintegrate it the same way mercury does.

  2. Don’t let your husband forget that he had some in his pocket in a little container… then let the dummy send it through the wash…. On the bright side, a Mr clean eraser is really good at getting off the dispersed gallium metal film that coats both the washer and the dryer

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