Liquid Metal Nails | Making A Gallium Nail
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- Опубликовано: 1 июн 2024
- In this video I make a nail made out of gallium and see if I can nail it into a piece of wood. I also talk about the cool science behind gallium and why it can be a liquid at room temperature, but also can be a metal that can be nailed into wood. Gallium will induce a structural failure of most metals because it diffuses into the crystal lattice. Also, I talk about the crystal cubic structure of gallium and why it is liquid at room temperature as opposed to a solid like most other metals.
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Caesium is less "toxic" and more "explodes on contact with air".
Same with Rubidium, but replace air with water.
Lol
@@Lunam_D._Roger weirdly enough alot of things explode when in contact with water because its basically hydrogen and oxygen all you need is to split them apart and a little bit of heat
Because of low ionisation energy
isn't caesium radioactive as well?
"Gallium Nail" sounds like a metal band name
heh metal..
and they play softcore
Lol can't wait for someone to steal this name
legit do you mind if I use this?
But not a HEAVY metal band name, because it's not as heavy of a metal.
I like how my mind won't accept properties of Gallium despite knowing them. "Using play-doh a mold for molten metal? That's craz- oh right, Gallium got low melting point." "Using hair dryer to melt metal?! Oh wait...it's Gallium, duh."
using the same metal as a nail or even a heat sync for something that can't be at room temp(like a super computer) or even using it as a way of assassination through its use as a low noise microwave preamplifier to remotely detonate an explosive charge in say the front panel of an oven especially if you know the routine of the target well such as knowing they always make tea in this way at this time before giving speeches, awards, public announcements whatever it may be but even a modified toilet seat will do for this but the seat has the issue of most bathrooms are open to the public and could be used by a bystander and not the intended target
edit: i am not a hitman so stop asking mr. NRA guy
@Nexxol bruh
@Nexxol that would be your mother
this would be great to make a lot of gallium nails and give them to friend so when he uses them they will melt
Forget melting, he couldn't even use one without it breaking
the classic prank is making a gallium spoon to stir coffee
@@error00001 and poison them in the process. So.... win-win?
@@error00001 Idea Level:- Tiktok
Make a row of nails for your mates nail gun hahaha
Guy: “Careful where your gallium goes”
Also guy: Blows gallium everywhere with a hair dryer.
lols
It's only safe with his fume hood
Not to mention hitting it with his hammer. Could make his hammer brittle
I mean he's just desperate for clicks. He just copies this shit from reddit
Yea but it's not like he's on an airplane or something
It might be possible to get a a gallium nail that will hammer all the way in, but it would be difficult! Nails have to be really *tough* (able to survive a lot of deformation and impact without shattering), especially in comparison to screws which are comparatively hard and brittle. I imagine that being very cold will make your gallium brittle, but if it's not cold enough the act of hammering it in will cause it to melt (friction and hammer strikes will warm it up further).
then make the nail thicc
@@alecboi777
Then it would require more energy to nail the nail
I just realized, this guy created shorts before shorts were even a thing
Wait is that a slimekeep profile pic?
Ohh u made me realize :D
@Swag Pianist mr slime
you think youtube invented short videos?
Him: It isn't toxic.
My mind: Drink it!
😂
Mom! I have silver diarrhea! 😂
@@josephsheranda F 😂
@@josephsheranda shiny shit
Nooo
People now smuggling gallium into jail 😂
Why
@@abhisth462 to destroy the steel bars I presume
@@abhisth462 you can pick locks with gallium
What can I say?
You just NAILED it x)
Also: gallium wets things and mercury does not.
It's your fault my toast was burnt 😔😭
I keep expecting it to form into a human shape and ask where John Conor is
lol
Then get shot by another metal being and thrown in moleten steel
You show your age but... 🤣
It has to achieve critical mass first.
Dark fat is pretty amazing
damn, i’m learning so much from this channel i barely have to look up stuff for my science project-
same
hey wouldnt it be unique if people added gallium to a trick coin for a magic trick to make it brittle and easy to break
I think rhodium will break like that
Or maybe make a coin out of gallium so that you can put it in a vending machine to break in to it and take all of the snacks
Or have it on u and ask for a coin then apply it and break the coin
@@mr.shoebill6265 your thickness, I think that's illegal
@@WoodlouseChucker i dont know if i want to take that as a compliment or an insult
In a cold area of the world build a outhouse with gallium sheeting, when a mate goes in hit it with some hot water 😂😂😂
Nah mate, would work better in caesium
You read my mind. Have a like. 😂
So this is what Homer used to build Flanders’ house.
I had to look up what you were talking about and came back to smash the like lol
Same 😆
So the nail shattered because it's not that strong, or did heat from impact have anything to do with it?
It's because Gallium is actually a very brittle metal when it is colder than room temperature. I had cooled it down so that it didn't melt while I was holding the nail. It probably wouldn't have broken if I didn't cool it down so much.
good question
Gallium respond to impact by breaking in whats called a conchoidal fracture. It's similar to what glass, or obsidian looks like when you hit it with
www.google.com/search?q=conchoidal+fracture&rlz=1CALOEI_enUS711US711&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj-iMXX6qLRAhXIj1QKHSeYDrcQ_AUICCgB&biw=1366&bih=631#imgrc=N5EpUNRN1PwfcM%3Aa hammer.
I think when u hit the nail , it produces enough heat to make it brittle
@@ActionLabShorts so hypothetically, aliens could use it as a substitute for iron? If they evolved on a hellishly cold planet?
It’s crazy how much you have changed in 4 years still love the videos
I wish I had a science teacher like him so the class would never be boring
My comment is I have been watching you for years and I just think you are so awesome I love learning from you
I could imagine making a fence in the winter and having it collapse in the spring
So satisfying when an almost perfect nail comes out!
I have a question.
Gallium and Magnesium have low melting points. I'm guessing Magnesium is brittle as well when solid.
Tin is stronger with a higher melting point.
I don't know where aluminum is in relation but harder still with a high melting point.
Iron has an even higher melting point and are stronger still.
Tungsten is stronger still while having a higher melting point.
Is this a correct conclusion? Not saying this applies to everything but it's an interesting thought.
im not sure but i think higher melting point means more energy is required to break the bonds of a material, so it would also be harder to break using physical strength, so i think youre right
wow very informative l loved it a learned something new! Great job!
Thanks!
ur welcome! love em!
3:00 wow, you *NAILED* it
This is funny, give your friend these when he puts his aluminum roof on his shed. Surprise
I really like watching your science videos after school, you’re like a fun science teacher! :)
Fascinating!
If it's cold in the environment, pour it into the lined up holes while hot and boom! Nail!
I feel like this is the basis for some really cool magic trick
3:55 "It's nailed in there pretty good", that's what she said.
Lolololol
Imagine you're an alien on a cold, gallium rich planet. All your tools and buildings are made from gallium. Then one day, these strange creatures "called" humans land on your world, and melt your home just by standing in it for a few minutes.
But if they are using gallium so frequently then their planet will be freakishly cold.
@@samarendra109 Yeah, I'm envisioning a world where the weather resembles Antarctica prior to the onset of global warming. Aliens on such a world would probably never get to see gallium in its liquid state. Just imagine their surprise. :-)
*Proceeds to vaporize human with a gallium-framed laser rifle*
@@karalmom5669 It'd have to be a gallium crossbow. A gallium laser rifle would melt the first time it was used. :-D
@@waltonsimons12 oh yeah... a Gallium crossbow with a gallium ball right before the tip of it, which would melt inside of the human’s body and then freeze again when the human’s body temp goes low from his surroundings...
BMHUAHAHAHAHA
Very cool earned you a sub. keep it up
I could take over the world with this stuff..
How exactly-? I wanna join you-
Awesome vid!
this is so cool
Cool!
As he’s swirling it around in his hand it falls on the floor. Then slowing slides all the way to his foot absorbing into it. *Terminator 2 music plays* 🎵
Nailed it!
A great idea how a practical joke, hammer something and then make the nail disappear breaking whatever you nailed with your body heat lol
wow I love your channel! +1 subscriber!
Interesting!!
Next time make a gallium hammer so you get the whole set buff
Gonna have to make some nails for the guys at work. Hahaha
He nailed it
Me: Can we have nails mom?
Mom: we have nails at home
The nails at home:
awsome i wish i could be like you
I can't stop thinking of a push dagger that has to be kept cool but melts in the body, leaving no blade to identify, my fantasy setting is getting richer and richer the more science there is instead of lazy magic
Why not just use ice
@@Hooples too brittle, push daggers are rather thin and concealable, ice would not work
Oh, it can be a war technology. If u make a armor piercing gallium ammo then, if its penetrates into a tank, it can make its more vulnerable.
Would probably only work against tanks that don't use non reactive plating (ceramic, as an example)
You mentioned that Gallium diffuses into the lattice structure of most metals which makes those metals very brittle.
Does this mean you would essentially be able to “paint” a, for example, 2 inch thick steel wall with gallium and then break it more easily after it diffuses into it? Like you wouldn’t normally be able to break through steel with a battering ram, but if you painted the wall with gallium first and waited, would it work? Or are the effects far less noticeable as the scale of the size increases?
I also want to know. For purely hypothetical reasons.
that was awesome!
can u do vlog about black hole. pls
Sure, I will do one coming up!
Be sure to hold onto your camera tightly!
@@official-obama so true😂
If I start a metal band, I'll call it Gallium
wow. gallium melts at room temperature (25°c) what would happen if it was where i am, where the temperature is,
*48°c*
Took me a minute to recognize that its Company Man's intro
Me too
For anyone looking for this track: MK2, "Creepin"
galium nail best construction prank ;)
Cool
Fun idea make a simple open box or 4 boards nailed together with it then leave the room at slightly higher than room temp and see if it falls apart. Or outside on hot day
I bet someone can make a really elaborated murder plot with those nails
pog
Where did this guy get this stuff? Im kinda impressed
have you tried putting gallium near a magnet?
solid gallium is slightly magnetic, while liquid gallium is not
"The gallium that I used in this gallium nail is gallium. Gallium nails can be used as gallium nails if you cast the gallium into the shape of a gallium nail."
You ruined it
I want to know how much force it would take to make a whole bunch of this liquify at once. Obviously it would depend on the mass of the galium, but I think it could be a cool experiment
Let it harden? Did you turn on the ac? I’m curious what exactly made it harden. At what temp?
uses gallium nail to make furniture
reaches melting point
entire furniture collapses
So when someone build a wooden house with it in the winter.. it will crumble instantly in the summer 🤣🤣🤣
I guess even though it is cold if you hammer the nail it gets hot by friction so it will still melt within a small amount of time.
@@aswin9366 would still be an amazing joke for the carpenters out there to troll their friends
5:32 sometimes liquid is more stable than solid 😌👌🏻
Are these black hands forever or can you wash the colour off?
So another weakness to superman even Batman didn’t know about 😮
Makes gallium spoons.
_dips it into tea_
Imagine a house held together by gallium nails in a hot summer day
“It isnt toxic”
So that mean i can eat it? :D
*ends up in chubbyemu video*
This is how I imagined Superman could cast iron nails.
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i thought that was a nail sticking through his hand in the thumbnail
Imagine giving someone a chair made with gallium nails as a prank
I assume the friction is what is destroying it when trying to nail it in. Perhaps try it from frozen?
He also mentioned it makes other metals brittle, perhaps this is true of gallium on its on too?
@@jacobcw5427 Probably. The tensile strength of gallium is only 15MPa in comparison to irons 540MPa. Still a bit curious if it would be stronger the colder it is though.
@@teirdalin it becomes more brittle the colder it is
where can I get gallium?
wait, could you break into a metal safe but just dumping a bucket of gallium on it?
What would happen if you drink it?
You would have silver colored diarrhea the next day! 😂
Skin-safe ≠ ingestion-safe.
You'd probably have a lot of problems, and it might cause permanent syndromes if it stays in the body like Lead or Cadmium do.
What was T-1000 made of? Gal or Merc?
this represents glam metal
cesium isn't toxic. it just explodes
Galagion Well, there's only one stable Caesium isotope, all others are radioactive. However, you are right; all caesium will explode when in contact with water
If you put that stuff on the steel support beams of a building would it make the building collapse? Asking for a friend
Could you melt gallium by hitting it with a hammer?
Ok, so the cool thing about Gallium is that it is useful in providing resources to build your Warframe.
Storing it in a ziplock bag lol
Hitting it creates heat
Gallium is like a sober Mercery
How does it make other metals brittle? How long does that take? So let's say you want to get into a safe can you just put gallium In the areas you want to break then take a sledgehammer to brake it open? Or do you mean mixing the 2 metals in their liquid form would make the hardened form more brittle.?
Gallium is a slow expensive way to get into a safe. It takes a long time to weaken steel.
I have seen a few RUclips videos where gallium was used to destroy aluminum. Apply gallium and come back tomorrow. It takes much longer with steel.
It also visibly changes the metal.
You could easily watch the black gallium print off your hand
Is gallium and other liquid metals electric conductors?
Liquid gallium is more conducive that it's solid state, apparently 🤷♂️ you thinking what I'm thinking Mr battery tech..? 😋
*Imagine Gallium bullets*
What happens to gallium at or past its boiling point?
Can't seem to find any info on this
I bet I'd freeze
2403°c crazy for a metal that's consistency resembles chocolate in a toddlers hand...
At first when I saw the title I thought he refers to fingernails for some reason lol
What happens if you freeze gallium? If you make it too hot?
freezing wouldn't do anything that under room temp would do, and heating it wouldn't do anything except if it gets to a certain point it probably vaporizes
@@fuzzdogs thank you again!!
I bet this is how’s gods play with Tungsten and other high melting point elements
I remember this dude
the bgm makes me think im watching a sleazy ass gas station porn
Wait the channel is of shorts right🤔
You said the metal is in its liquid form at room temperature so how did it harden into a nail at room temperature? I thought you might freeze it solid. You didn't explain that part well