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Gallium (imgur.com)

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[–]balanceofpower 737 points738 points ago

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Why cant I, Hold all this Gallium?

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[–]xenoph2 58 points59 points ago

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Click it, it's fun.

[–]nope_nic_tesla 24 points25 points ago

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Dat comma.

[–]geordilaforge 4 points5 points ago

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I can't stop laughing every time I see that picture.

[–]wilburton 2 points3 points ago

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Because it's melting

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    [–]RearmintSpino 214 points215 points ago

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    Fun fact- Gallium is so extraordinarily corrosive towards, and just a giant overall asshole to all things aluminum, that they need to carry it in special multi layered containers while transporting it via aircraft because if spilled it would easily eat its way through the aircraft structure during flight.

    [–]Downhilldude 211 points212 points ago

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    If I find myself in a horrible parallel universe ruled by homicidal aluminium robots, I will have you to thank for providing me the knowledge to form a viable human resistance.

    [–]NotSoFatThrowAway 30 points31 points ago

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    How fun is Fringe to watch?

    I mean, it's not a perfect show, but it really is fun to sit down and enjoy each week.

    [–]Shocking 11 points12 points ago

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    Agreed, although the direction they took last episode was from way out of left field. It seemed like a spinoff.

    [–]SkullduggeryUK 8 points9 points ago

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    it got 'dollhouse'd' to coin a phrase

    where the show knows of its impending cancellation and has to do something drastic to tie up the story in the space of a couple of episodes, hence the big jump forward in time so we have to presume current story threads have long since been tied up and the show that remains barely resembles the format it had before

    [–]smilingfreak 5 points6 points ago

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    I think last week's episode is a one off for the moment.

    I just had a look at the promo for next week, and it seems we're back the normal cast/timeline (well, as normal as the timelines get in fringe).

    [–]Lambpanties 1 point2 points ago

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    They seem to do one of those "off the wall" episodes per season. I personally loath and skip through them (because of the lack of plot importance) but I'm sure some people enjoy it and at least the cast always look like they're having fun.

    [–]smilingfreak 0 points1 point ago

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    True. I always prefer the episodes that continue the main, overarching storyline, but I feel the implications of the last episode will become very important in the future.

    Also, there was a rumour that one of the characters that was introduced will have a reoccurring role.

    [–]a_modest_proposal 1 point2 points ago

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    It was just for that one episode though. It seemed pointless to me.

    [–]Deathmax 1 point2 points ago

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    They are heading back to the current timeline the next episode until the finale as far as the previews show. It might have just been sort of a pilot episode for the next season.

    [–]asterix299 2 points3 points ago

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    I love Walter, he's one of my favorite characters ever. I get sick of seeing the damn love triangle and other Peter BS. I wish the whole show centered around Walter just doing science things and being awesome.

    [–]Downhilldude 0 points1 point ago

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    I don't watch it, but I googled it and am now interested!

    [–]MooingTricycle 1 point2 points ago

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    What are replicators made of?

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      [–]Pingly 71 points72 points ago

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      We use a great deal of Gallium at my work and we had someone spill about a quart in an industrial oven. Our clever solution was to lay thick aluminum foil under the oven and tilt the oven forward to pour the liquid Gallium out.

      It worked in getting the Gallium out of the oven but as we lifted foil up to transfer the Gallium it came up with a hole in the shape of the Gallium puddle.

      Of course as we lifted he foil and stared at each other, incredulous, a senior tech walked by and, without stopping, just said "It eats through aluminum, idiots."

      [–]Forensicunit 34 points35 points ago

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      What do you do?

      What do you use the Gallium for?

      How did you spill Gallium in an oven?

      [–]xenoph2 53 points54 points ago

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      He works at Starbucks.

      [–][deleted] 9 points10 points ago

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      As a former Starbucks employee, I can confirm this.

      [–]Pingly 17 points18 points ago

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      I am an equipment technician for MOCVD reactors manufacturing LEDs.

      While my machines use Gallium locked into Metal Organic compounds (Trimethylgallium, Triethylgallium) we have other equipment that actually uses Gallium that comes in small buckets. Very small buckets. Amazingly heavy very tiny buckets. The Gallium in that form is used in manufacturing the Red and Orange LEDs.

      A knucklehead took a tray filled with this liquid Gallium and placed it into an oven in a different department, where they do not handle such trays. The Tech using that oven said "Hey, what's this?" and when he tried to pick up the tray the weight shifted from the liquid Gallium and crashed over. The Gallium poured down the shelves to the base of the Oven.

      [–]shadowdude777 1 point2 points ago

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      That sounds really interesting; I've always loved semiconductor work. I worked in a lab for an internship once where I did some PECVD, which MOCVD sounds pretty similar to in premise. We did some work with silicon and titanium oxides.

      [–]iNVWSSV 0 points1 point ago

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      neat :)

      [–]pcbutler 0 points1 point ago

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      I believe they used to use it in fire suppression water sprinklers. A piece would be used to keep the valve closed and would melt in a fire situation allowing the water to exit. I don't know if they still do this but that's what I was taught in high school.

      [–]GreenStrong 0 points1 point ago

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      Gallium would melt on a hot day, and it is to expensive. The standard for sprinklers used to be an alloy of lead, tin, bismuth and cadmium, I don't know if they phased out the lead and cadmium because of toxicity.

      [–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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      Tastes like cilantro!

      [–]boolean_union 1 point2 points ago

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      I too really want to know what sort of place requires/lets you use large amounts of gallium. Are they hiring? Are there more awesome things in your environment, or do you and your coworkers regard them as mundane given the fact that you work there? I work in the presence of 5'x10' laser cutters and robot welders, which still amaze me, but most of the workers don't seem to care.

      [–]BeeAlk 0 points1 point ago

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      I use dry ice, liquid nitrogen, and things frozen in -80C (-112F) freezers on a daily basis.

      I still get amazed every time I even get near any of it. I can't help but to play with the stuff!

      [–]FuzzyAssKetchup 35 points36 points ago

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      Well, it's not technically corrosive. It just alloys with the aluminum in such a way that it makes the structure incredibly weak. As seen here and here.

      [–]Deadmeat616 10 points11 points ago

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      Actually, a type of corrosion of iron and it's alloys is known as rusting. Corrosive does typically refer to acids but "A corrosive substance is one that will destroy or irreversibly damage another surface or substance with which it comes into contact." (Wikipedia). You are right that it alloys with aluminium in a way but that could also be said of oxygen and iron which again is corrosion.

      [–]subtleshuttle 1 point2 points ago

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      I believe it forms a eutectic, which lowers the melting point, so its not corroding but melting... pretty sure it forms a eutectic. I think. you-tek-tick

      [–]Mylon 0 points1 point ago

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      Lowering the melting point has a lot of fun ramifications. Many steels for example are processed to make them behave much stronger than normal. But if heated anywhere near their melting point, they become soft and lose their extra strength. This is what happened in the WTC for example. The steel structure didn't melt, but it became softer, which was all that was needed.

      Lower a metal's melting point to near room/body temperature (but not below) and it will behave like putty.

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        [–]caw23 0 points1 point ago

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        I believe the current thinking is that it causes liquid metal embrittlement as apposed to a grain boundary wetting phenomina. This, like almost all other embrittlement (Bi in Ni, stress corrosion cracking, ect.) is poorly understood. I wouldn't be comfortable saying it alloys with the Al because that implies a homogeneous stable phase being created. Here where the Ga goes almost exclusively to grain boundaries, a second phase isn't present.

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          [–]Jozer99 13 points14 points ago

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          Mercury is also bad news when in contact with aluminum. These metals aren't actually corrosive to the aluminum. Aluminum is actually incredibly reactive. Normally, a very thin layer of aluminum oxide rapidly forms on the skin of aluminum and prevents further oxidation. Mercury and gallium interfere with the formation of this thin oxide layer, and allow the Aluminum to continue reacting with air. During WWII the US provided some European resistance groups with instructions on making mercury based compounds which were smeared on German airplanes during raids, causing extensive damage.

          [–]ThisIsWhatICameFor 2 points3 points ago

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          Came here to say exactly this. Cheers.

          [–]waspinmyhair 1 point2 points ago

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          Which metal does more harm to aluminium? Gallium or mercury? And which is faster?

          [–]Jozer99 1 point2 points ago

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          No idea, sorry. Kind of an obscure question, since they are both majorly bad news as regards aluminum. Kind of like asking what brand of hand grenade is the most dangerous while sitting on one that is missing the pin. You might try a chemistry sub-reddit.

          [–]Kozimix 8 points9 points ago

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          A tupperware container wouldn't do?

          [–]jahjaylee 4 points5 points ago

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          Sounds like we should make some anti aircraft weapons out of it.

          [–]DaminDrexil 2 points3 points ago

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          Here's a video demonstration.

          [–]ergocogitosum 2 points3 points ago

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          But it's ok on skin?

          [–]Jigsus 4 points5 points ago

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          Unless you're the fucking terminator

          [–]SarahC 0 points1 point ago

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          Like mercury then?

          [–]RearmintSpino 1 point2 points ago

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          Not exactly. Mercury creates a new compound on the surface of the aluminum which affects its appearance, and eventually breaks it down. Gallium silently invades aluminum without any visual indications, slowly turning it into something of the strength of wet cardboard while maintaining the exact same appearance of the original, high strength aluminum.

          That in my mind makes it 100x more insidious.

          [–]bobaimee 0 points1 point ago

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          Gallium is bad-ass.

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            [–]sjhill 194 points195 points ago

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            You'd better watch that shit, or it'll turn in to a terminator.

            [–]dontmutemeplz 67 points68 points ago

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            Only at 29.7646 °C or 85.5763 °F, though (that's Gallium's melting point)

            [–]Jumbalaspi 133 points134 points ago

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            Nice try, T-1000

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              [–]Ceejae 21 points22 points ago

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              Quick John! Throw it back to him so he can re-absorb it! It's the smart thing to do, honest.

              [–]Kaganda 24 points25 points ago

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              It's possible he could have tracked them through the piece still attached to the car. Tossing it was the better choice.

              [–]Ceejae 3 points4 points ago

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              They should have driven until he was out of sight and then thrown it in to the bushes. Best of both worlds.

              [–]NWCJ 10 points11 points ago

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              Or thrown it on someone else's vehicle/back of a truck.

              [–]CCECJHEMC 1 point2 points ago

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              Why don't we have both?

              [–]aChileanDude 6 points7 points ago

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              why not zoid-

              nvm

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                [–]arachnivore 10 points11 points ago

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                How was he supposed to know the T-1000 coud reabsorb that shit? What if it morphed into a mini T-1000 and stabbed his neck? The really stupid part was when they had a frozen T-1000 right next to a tank of molten metal and didn't just toss him in. No, arnold had to shatter him into a million pieces and not even try to throw those pieces into the crucible.

                [–]techtechmctech 1 point2 points ago

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                well it probably won't be a good idea to touch something that can freeze and shatter liquid metal, since you might..you know die

                [–]elcollin 15 points16 points ago

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                If only we as humans could devise ways of manipulating objects without directly using our hands.

                [–]aquasucks 4 points5 points ago

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                You mean like picking them up with our teeth?

                [–]texas-pete 0 points1 point ago

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                Picking up the frozen T1000 with his teeth may have made that into a more awesome movie than it already was.

                [–]stardonis 1 point2 points ago

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                ..and now you did it. Borne from the bowels of hell and DDS rejects: The Teeth-1000.

                [–]psilokan 0 points1 point ago

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                Unless, you know, you're a robot, and you intend to kill yourself afterwards anyways.

                [–]Musekal 0 points1 point ago

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                It always looked to me that he threw the hunk away out of disgust/fear/anger.

                [–]Creepermantastic 0 points1 point ago

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                I'm still curious what would have happened if they managed to separate the T-1000's "body" in several different buckets. Would one bucket be the "brain" and the rest just the liquid?

                [–]WhatIfItWereTrue 6 points7 points ago

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                Are you John Conner?

                [–]unoriginalsin 9 points10 points ago

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                Nope, Kyle Reese.

                [–]hatyn 0 points1 point ago

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                nope that mexican kid that arnold holds up in the desert that one time they went there to get guns and ammo and sarah has a moment and then puts a knife in the table and ur all like oh na she diin. wait it do

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                  [–]Stephoria 153 points154 points ago

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                  Is it just me, or does that look like something you shouldn't touch?

                  [–]Legitimidget 157 points158 points ago

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                  Mercury is poisonous, gallium is only bad if you ingest it.

                  [–]TheLivinDead 53 points54 points ago

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                  Yes, making mercury that classy sexy. Not like that whore carbon.

                  [–]Superkroot 31 points32 points ago

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                  Made me think of this

                  [–]Vashsinn 1 point2 points ago

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                  ENOUGH!.... please take my up vote....

                  [–]itchychinrub 0 points1 point ago

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                  Thank you

                  [–]cynthiadangus 36 points37 points ago

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                  Carbon's a saint compared to Fluorine. That 5 cent harlot.

                  [–]manustillflops 17 points18 points ago

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                  It just wants to be loved. :(

                  [–]MostlyIronicLatinGuy 6 points7 points ago

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                  It just has so much love to give =D

                  [–]aslongasilikeit 1 point2 points ago

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                  To give? Naah, that jerk always only takes, takes, takes...

                  [–]VanFailin 1 point2 points ago

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                  It's been in my mouth every morning since I was young. I'd say it's loved.

                  [–]mattymck 2 points3 points ago

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                  not like sodium, that bitch gives it up like its going out of style

                  [–]Pliskin01 4 points5 points ago

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                  Talk to my girl Cesium down the block. She'll show you what givin it up is really about.

                  [–]MrPoletski 1 point2 points ago

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                  How much does she charge?

                  [–]Kalmah666 1 point2 points ago

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                  Nothing... you just have to watch it though... shes that crazy bitch that will give it up and explode in your face afterwards...

                  [–]aChileanDude 0 points1 point ago

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                  bitch thinks she's stable, when not she gives away alot of hers. At her 30's shes gone.

                  [–]thesomedude777 9 points10 points ago

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                  OM NOM NO....wait....what?

                  [–]DoorIntoSummer 6 points7 points ago

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                  How poisonous is it? How bad would it be to accidentally drink a little of it while swimming in a gallium pool? This is important.

                  [–]grelphy 2 points3 points ago

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                  Much like mercury, you can't swim in it. Gallium is approximately five times as dense as water; you'd be hard-pressed to immerse much of yourself in it. You could probably walk across a pool of it, though.

                  [–]LadyCheeba 5 points6 points ago

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                  I would definitely like to attend one of your pool parties in the future...

                  [–]w000t 1 point2 points ago

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                  Damn. There goes my awesome T-1000 cocktail party.

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                    [–]Womec 9 points10 points ago

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                    This looks like it shouldn't exist but it does:

                    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1FnF5zUPEE

                    [–]Izzinatah 3 points4 points ago

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                    That's quite the H+S nightmare.

                    [–]Womec 1 point2 points ago

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                    Thats why its kept in a glass room forever.

                    [–]Jigsus 0 points1 point ago

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                    That's mercury. It's also incredibly toxic. If you see it in person take a look at how the seams in the glass are attacked by the mercury.

                    [–]NeoPhoenix0 0 points1 point ago

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                    I actually worked with this stuff all summer and I would frequently get it all over my arms. It's non-toxic and washed off of skin pretty easily. Now for clothing, that shit stains like no other...

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                      [–]Darkfire346 48 points49 points ago

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                      ....can you make knives and stabbing weapons from it?

                      [–]MajorKonn1g 32 points33 points ago

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                      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvRcUeWjBu0&feature=related cant see why not

                      [–]rushoffailure 71 points72 points ago

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                      In that case, I've got a great idea for a Law and Order episode/murder.

                      [–]Fochangles 44 points45 points ago

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                      Zoom in. Enhance! It was a knife made of gallium that did it.

                      [–]traveler_ 12 points13 points ago

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                      I once read a book where an assassin shoots the President with a paintball pellet filled with frozen mercury. It seemed awesome at the time but in retrospect I'm not sure what the advantage was supposed to be. Still sounds cool.

                      [–]brown_felt_hat 13 points14 points ago

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                      Paintball guns and fill kits are easier and cheaper to purchase than real guns and ammo, and you have the added bonus of no firing pin imprint that they can match to the gun. Fairly impractical though, as you'd have to carry your ammo in a freezer.

                      [–]owain2002 7 points8 points ago

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                      Could a paintball gun fire a projectile with enough force to pierce clothing and skin though? I assume the assassin's plan was to kill the president rather than slightly bruise him and leave a mercury stain on his lapel.

                      [–]brown_felt_hat 3 points4 points ago

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                      If the mercury was liquid, it would be non-lethal (though regular paintballs leave one hell of a bruise close enough), and I actually had a post written up before I realize that traveler_ said the mercury was solid. Assuming the CO2 is strongly enough compressed, a ball that dense and heavy would probably do a decent amount of damage. You wouldn't technically need to pierce the various layers of clothing or skin either, headshot, if not penetrating the skull, would do decent amounts of head trauma. If you're close enough, hitting the ear area would provide a nice region of softer flesh and a premade channel. Hit them in the temple, and you'll do large amounts of blunt impact trauma to the skull.

                      It's a fictional scenario, and sounds really impractical, but if conditions are right, it's, in my mind at least, doable.

                      [–]owain2002 2 points3 points ago

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                      I imagine something like this would work too - Warning! Terrible acting / nostalgia!

                      [–]deep_pants_mcgee 0 points1 point ago

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                      I smell a mythbusters episode coming up.

                      Impractical ways to kill someone that leave no evidence behind!

                      [–]au_rampent 0 points1 point ago

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                      I used to play paintball professionally (before I bought a unit and got poor) and you could absolutely kill someone with a paintball. The markers used in tournaments are dialled down to sub-300fps. However, dialling up the pressure and freezing a paintball, and you now have a .68 calibre bullet.

                      In saying that, you would need to get stupidly close. Most decent paintball markers are not terribly accurate beyond 50 meters or so, some less than that. Additionally, they are bulky. I doubt you could get close enough to hit the president.

                      [–]ninjaneer76 1 point2 points ago

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                      I created a paintball sniper out of PVC and a modified sprinkler valve. 754fps!

                      [–]hostergaard 0 points1 point ago

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                      Fill the ball with small sharp shards of glass or razors?

                      [–]mattymck 1 point2 points ago

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                      not to mention paintball guns being wildly inaccurate

                      [–]brown_felt_hat 1 point2 points ago

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                      If you're close enough, you could just spray'n'pray

                      [–]mattymck 1 point2 points ago

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                      yea but who has that many frozen mercury paint balls?

                      [–]brown_felt_hat 0 points1 point ago

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                      You mean you don't!?

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                        [–]xenoph2 0 points1 point ago

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                        Now drink it!

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                          [–]ChubbyDane 5 points6 points ago

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                          Two words: Crossbow bolt

                          [–]NWCJ 3 points4 points ago

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                          But then you have to walk around with a crossbow. I think it would be more tactical(albeit less range) to use a Gallium blowdart

                          [–]ChubbyDane 1 point2 points ago

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                          Well, you can't kill people with the blunt trauma from a blowdart...it would have to be whatever poisonous effects the gallium incurs on him that kills him. Which is cool, but then they'll be looking for a poisonous compound in the body of the victim which will put them on to you. So why not just use a regular blowdart then?

                          On the other hand, a crossbow bolt made of ice would be even more sneaky.

                          [–]Darkfire346 1 point2 points ago

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                          I am searching for a flaw in that. I find none. Me van hellsingsta.

                          [–]adamas 1 point2 points ago

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                          I think bullets would be a better idea

                          [–]Legitimidget 22 points23 points ago

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                          They would melt from the heat of being fired though.

                          [–]adamas 9 points10 points ago

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                          Alright, fair enough. How about a gallium outer bullet casing so when you fire the gun the gallium outer shell melts. So when you look at the bullet it looks like you fired from a totally different gun.

                          [–]purenitrogen 8 points9 points ago

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                          The heat would melt gallium inside of the chamber. The next bullet you fired would likely explode the gun itself due to the blockage.

                          [–]spinlocked 3 points4 points ago

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                          Been there. Done that.

                          [–]patkgreen 1 point2 points ago

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                          go on. what kind of gun? i'd hope a small caliber rifle. if a shotgun, i'd hope small gauge bird shot. i really hope it wasn't a handgun.

                          [–]spinlocked 0 points1 point ago

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                          A Glock .40. I ended up with a reload where there was no charge, only a primer. Shot one seemed light (bullet lodged in barrel). Shot two hit the first one in the barrel, the slide locked open and the barrel had to be replaced.

                          [–]dude187 0 points1 point ago

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                          Yeah, I mean, who hasn't fired a gallium bullet before?

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                            [–]redditor_13 3 points4 points ago

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                            Even if it was melted, wouldn't it hit with the same force?

                            Someone find me some science, and figure it out!

                            [–]transformingtree 1 point2 points ago

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                            /r/askscience

                            [–]brown_felt_hat 1 point2 points ago

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                            Yes, but the force is more easily dispersed

                            [–]maledicted 0 points1 point ago*

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                            What about ballistics? What keeps a bullet flying straight is spin and velocity, which are both achieved through a very aerodynamic shape. A shapeless mass of molten metal would first probably miss whatever you're aiming at, and second, fail to achieve the velocity necessary to inflict any significant damage.

                            Maybe if it was a hard outer shell with a gallium inner filling? The heat of firing melts the gallium inside the bullet, the shell keeps the bullet aerodynamic so it gets to where you need it to go and then peels away on entry, exploding molten gallium inside your target's insides. I wouldn't want to get hit by something like that.

                            [–]otaking 0 points1 point ago

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                            This sounds like an awesome science experiment.

                            [–]DVsKat 1 point2 points ago

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                            Now we just need a volunteer!

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                              [–]Darkfire346 3 points4 points ago

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                              Bullets are very hot as they come out of the chamber, correct? Gallium melts at 85.6 degrees farenheit. The bullets would likely melt as they exit the chamber. They'd also probably melt if you stabbed someone as a normal persons internal temperature is 98.6 but as gallium is poisonous, they'd melt into the wound and kill the victim.

                              [–]HouseOfHouse 4 points5 points ago

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                              What would happen if you used this on someone?

                              http://www.waspknife.com/

                              http://www.waspknife.com/about.php

                              It can take down a bear by the way!

                              [–]redditor_13 1 point2 points ago

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                              Hell yeah, let's go shark hunting!

                              [–]Insighted_Cuttlefish 1 point2 points ago

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                              My friends...

                              [–]HouseOfHouse 0 points1 point ago

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                              You could take out Megalodon with that knife! I think it was designed for diving and hunters that may come across hungry bears. I want to own it because of how ridiculous it is but there's no way I'd risk trying to get that to the UK. I think that would be classed a a firearm here.

                              [–]Darkfire346 1 point2 points ago

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                              ...holy shit. Perhaps same thing that would happen if an astronaut punctured his suit in outer space.

                              [–]HouseOfHouse 3 points4 points ago

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                              That knife is totally fucking dangerous. When a ten inch sharp blade isn't enough, inject a freezing cold ball of gas to make sure. Totally badass.

                              Here is a video of it in action.

                              http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrbTEmd8W2s&feature=youtube_gdata_player

                              [–]I_Has_A_Hat 1 point2 points ago

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                              A better question is what is gallium's vaporization point? If its relatively low then firing a gallium bullet would simply emit a toxic gas

                              [–]Darkfire346 1 point2 points ago

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                              Lot of good that does. You'd just poison yourself and probably blow off a hand before dying of poison or blood loss.

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                                [–]SwellFellow 376 points377 points ago

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                                Fun fact: holding ice in your hand also melts it into liquid water.

                                [–]racei 138 points139 points ago

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                                That is a fun fact - but I think the impressive thing about gallium is that it is solid at room temperature.

                                [–]stress8all 9 points10 points ago

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                                Pfft yeah, maybe somewhere that isn't Australia. It'd melt without you even touching it for half the year here :(

                                [–]FatNerdGuy 8 points9 points ago*

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                                Or...any hundreds of other places!

                                [–]holysocks 0 points1 point ago

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                                thousands even

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                                  [–]pseudonymously 1 point2 points ago

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                                  So is chocolate.

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                                    [–]kepleronlyknows 74 points75 points ago

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                                    My favorite mineral: ice.

                                    Ice really is a mineral, by every definition of mineral.

                                    [–]unoriginalsin 41 points42 points ago

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                                    Hank?

                                    [–]Sotiras 15 points16 points ago

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                                    Dude wat

                                    [–]purenitrogen 17 points18 points ago

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                                    Breaking Bad reference. Hank becomes obsessed with minerals after his near death experience. In that scene he's trying to scare his nephew straight by taking him to see crack whores.

                                    [–]Sotiras 4 points5 points ago

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                                    Oh, alright. Carry on then.

                                    [–]Switche 5 points6 points ago

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                                    I wouldn't really call it obsessed, it's just a hobby to combat the inanity of his situation. His obsession is arguably what got him into that situation.

                                    [–]mkernan93 3 points4 points ago

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                                    Yes....bitch.

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                                      [–]PurpleSuede 1 point2 points ago

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                                      Interestingly enough, this means that snow is a sedimentary rock.

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                                        [–]StealthGhost 22 points23 points ago

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                                        HOLY FUCKKK

                                        [–]virtyy 3 points4 points ago

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                                        ice is not a metal

                                        [–]shiny_fsh 8 points9 points ago

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                                        I've been doing it wrong this whole time.

                                        [–]RearmintSpino 29 points30 points ago

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                                        Is this the metal that eats aluminum and if you place it on a can some crazy shit happens?

                                        [–]Lokky 9 points10 points ago

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                                        Indeed. Gallium is able to penetrate and weaken the lattice structure of other metals.

                                        [–]RearmintSpino 2 points3 points ago

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                                        That's what makes it so surprisingly evil. If I see a drop of acid on metal, and it starts smoking and eventually eats a hole in that metal, it's like ok, fair enough. But when a drop of gallium lands on metal, and then starts silently, systematically dismantling the metal from the inside out, far away from the drop, I'm like WTF gallium, why you gotta be such a dick.

                                        [–]FuzzyAssKetchup 6 points7 points ago

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                                        You are correct.

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                                          [–]mr_lahey_tpb 24 points25 points ago

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                                          chocolate metal

                                          [–]reddiculon 49 points50 points ago

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                                          some stay dry and others boil the kettle

                                          [–]poon-is-food 10 points11 points ago

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                                          (I move away from the spoon to breathe)

                                          [–]AirplaneRandy 2 points3 points ago

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                                          Melts in your mouth, not in your pants.

                                          [–]JackassPenguinass 1 point2 points ago

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                                          Mmm... gallium drool

                                          dies

                                          [–]Corporal_Cavernosa 67 points68 points ago

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                                          Gallium? I barely know 'im!

                                          [–]bananamunchies 21 points22 points ago

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                                          Ahem.

                                          [–]The_Painted_Man 8 points9 points ago

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                                          Better AHEM.

                                          [–]powerchicken 1 point2 points ago

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                                          http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2g987CZkB1qbnggp.jpg

                                          [–]MaxPowerzs 0 points1 point ago

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                                          http://www.hahgay.com

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                                            [–]Kaziel_Urelius 7 points8 points ago

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                                            Video

                                            [–]The_Adventurist 0 points1 point ago

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                                            Thank you for posting this. I came to the comments to find a video of this in action, reddit never fails me... mostly.

                                            [–]Necrix 4 points5 points ago

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                                            My grandpa used to do this with Mercury, I miss my grandpa.

                                            [–]I_Dont_Always 5 points6 points ago

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                                            So just a question that might have a cool answer if someone wants to look it up. When Gallium is in its solid state how "strong" is it compared to lets say, ice or something comparable. I feel that, since it melts at such a low temperature, it can't be very strong when a solid.

                                            [–]darthseris 6 points7 points ago

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                                            Well you would think that about ice too. But ice is quite strong.

                                            [–]Megasphaera 9 points10 points ago

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                                            Especially if it is mixed with sawdust: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pykrete

                                            [–]darthseris 3 points4 points ago

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                                            Or newspaper, as Mythbusters discovered and promptly made a boat out of.

                                            [–]dustybacon 1 point2 points ago

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                                            Wiki says it is 1.5 on mohs hardness scale, so similar to solid talc or your fingernails.

                                            [–]count2infinity2 1 point2 points ago

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                                            I work with gallium in my research. In fact, I work a lot with it. When it's in its solid state it's not really soft like the alkali metals are (very squishy and can cut with a knife), it's much more rigid like a normal metal would feel. Aluminum would be a good comparison. It's easy to dent it, but it's not "soft" if that makes any sense. Grab a block of aluminum and that's about what gallium feels like when you handle it in the solid state.

                                            [–]spritle6054 4 points5 points ago

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                                            Last time I held Galium, it didn't melt. Was I doing it wrong?

                                            [–]ucecatcher 9 points10 points ago

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                                            You're a lizard Harry.

                                            [–]psychotronofdeth 1 point2 points ago

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                                            It is the T1000

                                            [–]lamby 3 points4 points ago

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                                            Today I was walking home when some guy bumps into me and instantly starts chatting shit to my face about gallium being the best metal. I tried to stay calm and explained to him that iron was actually the best metal, but he wouldn't take a hint. He started throwing around words like 'rust' and I lost it. Punched him right in his gallium loving face. I hate gallium so much.

                                            [–]UptightSodomite 2 points3 points ago

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                                            It looks an awful lot like Alex Mack.

                                            [–]WiseCynic 2 points3 points ago

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                                            That is ALOT of gallium in one place. How'd you obtain so much of it?

                                            [–]CommanderBacon 39 points40 points ago

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                                            I'll just leave this here

                                            [–]coxroxyursox 49 points50 points ago

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                                            ALOT of Gallium

                                            [–]CommanderBacon 0 points1 point ago

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                                            I laughed WAY too hard at this.

                                            [–]coxroxyursox 1 point2 points ago

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                                            I'm really happy that it even got more than a couple of upvotes. I only know the VERY basics about Photoshop and this took me a good 30 minutes to put together. I'm even more happy that I could give you a chuckle.

                                            [–]BrainSlurper 3 points4 points ago

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                                            It's like $100 for that much on amazon... Not too bad.

                                            [–]WiseCynic 0 points1 point ago

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                                            No, that's not a bad price. One simply does not often see that much of it in one place. Who has $100 to blow on a blob of Gallium? My wife would have a fit on me! :0)

                                            [–]thelehmanlip 0 points1 point ago

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                                            Ha! "You". List this is a pic of OP.

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                                              [–]m01e 1 point2 points ago

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                                              Dude, you got some Terminator on you.

                                              [–]BittyTang 1 point2 points ago

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                                              Bismuth! I choose you!

                                              [–]big_red__man 1 point2 points ago

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                                              Drink it!

                                              [–]KenSlayer 0 points1 point ago

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                                              Nice clivage , perfect prism

                                              [–]BaconGreaseJero 0 points1 point ago

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                                              Theodore Grey has a Periodic Table Table that is quite excellent, website is kinda old fashioned but worth perusing.

                                              [–]spahbob 0 points1 point ago

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                                              i have gallium its so fun until my sister poured half of it down the drain

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