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GALINSTAN FLUID METAL 99.95% Ga-In-Sn m.p. 51.8°F/11°C 10 gm. - Liquid Metal

$ 9.9

Availability: 25 in stock
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  • Condition: New

    Description

    GALINSTAN
    [GaInSn]
    Liquid Metal 99.95%
    This alloy wets Glass!
    Most Slippery
    Known Alloy
    Used to lap glass surfaces
    to
    Optical Flatness
    or
    to create mirror-like Surface
    Finish on glass and glass objects
    This
    LIQUID METAL alloy
    melts at a very low temperature which is
    51.8°F/10°C.
    Unlike elemental Mercury, which has a rather high surface tension and beads up on a hard surface -
    THIS IMPRESSIVE ALLOY has almost ZERO surface tension
    and
    wets almost everything.
    including metals, glass, plastic, wood and ceramics
    just like a coating of paint
    .
    You are purchasing 10 grams / over .31 troy oz.
    of this unique material
    in a stick-resistant HDPE Plastic Lab Bottle
    , and
    it is shipped DRY
    as pictured in the photo. This alloy finds use in circuit board etching and design, as well as in specialized low-vacuum physics studies.
    If you are a Materials Science Engineer this just may provide the properties and application advantage you had in mind.
    THIS ITEM WILL  SHIPPED BY UPS GROUND or similar method.
    The shipping/handling
    to the LOWER 48 States
    is .95
    and
    to
    Alaska
    or
    Hawaii or Puerto Rico or International select locations is .95.
    ***Shipping on this item
    CANNOT BE COMBINED
    with other items purchased due to special shipping requirements as mandated by U.S. Laws.  Acceptable form of payment is
    Paypal
    unless prearranged with seller.
    You
    MUST  BE OVER 21 YEARS OF AGE TO BID ON THIS AUCTION
    .   This is one of the
    most slippery substances known
    at room temperature - more slippery than Teflon Oil!
    THIS ALLOY CONTAINS
    ABSOLUTELY NO MERCURY
    AND IS MUCH SAFER TO USE THAN MERCURY.  IT HAS VERY LOW TOXICITY AND IS NOT LETHAL LIKE MERCURY.  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION GO TO THE INTERNET AND DO A SEARCH FOR THE MSDS / SDS SAFETY DATA SHEETS PUBLISHED BY ACCREDITED AUTHORITIES SUCH AS CORNELL UNIVERSITY.