I've heard good things about gallium and its ability to break down some metals, and I want to use it for a project.
Can I corrode raw bronze with gallium?
And if I diluted the gallium into a liquid, would that dilution still retain some corrosive properties? If so, what would be a good thing to dilute it in?
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I've heard good things about gallium and its ability to break down some metals, and I want to use it for a project
Jonathan Turner
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Mason Rogers
Gallium is corrosive to all metals except tungsten and tantalum, which have a high resistance to corrosion.
if you want it to dissolve into a liquid you'll need to mix it with urea
Brody Miller
So just a gallium/urea mix? Or gallium +urea and then put it in another liquid?
Carson Rivera
gallium urea mix would be fine
Nolan Powell
Wait urea is literally piss. Could I just dilute my piss and dissolve gallium into it or are you fucking with me
William Davis
dont know but you can extract urea from urine fairly easily
Jacob Robinson
What is it about urea that makes gallium dissolve?
Jeremiah Perez
>buy few ounces of gallium
>poor it onto sheet of aluminum foil
>place residue from reaction in airtight container with hose on top going directly into car engine
>add water to chamber
>pure hydrogen is produced
>engine powered by hydrogen
>chamber runs out and stops making hydrogen
>rinse gallium off and start over from step 2
Or just use hydrogen in a fuel cell. Gallium is the safest method of storing hydrogen that I'm aware of, why isn't this an every day thing?
Daniel Cook
how do you regenerate the Al(OH)3 back to Al. It probably takes more energy to do that compared to the hydrogen you get out. This idea is stupid that's why it isn't used anywhere. There are also better uses for gallium.
Landon Martin
Place the gallium on top of some aluminum (not foil, that's no fun) then reach through the gallium using a piece of metal and scratch the surface of the aluminum. Scratch it up really well. The aluminum won't be able to interact with the air. The melted gallium will seep into the aluminum(takes hours and hours usually). You'll be able to completely crumble the aluminum to bits with just your hands.
I've been waiting for this to be used in a movie for decades now.