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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,556 ✭✭✭dubdvd


    i also came across this aswell and it got me thinking what if i got a spare sheet or perspex and sealed it to my side panel one and left a vacum of about a half an inch and put some LEDs in it with some of this stuff below and watch my family grow plus seems its a gel it might help to keep the noise level down :rolleyes:

    http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/toys/6fd6/

    you could have some better to look at than the normal lights and fans
    im not joking this would be a good little hobby


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,556 ✭✭✭dubdvd




  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,891 ✭✭✭Jammer


    dubdvd wrote:
    i also came across this aswell and it got me thinking what if i got a spare sheet or perspex and sealed it to my side panel one and left a vacum of about a half an inch and put some LEDs in it with some of this stuff below and watch my family grow plus seems its a gel it might help to keep the noise level down :rolleyes:

    http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/toys/6fd6/

    you could have some better to look at than the normal lights and fans
    im not joking this would be a good little hobby

    your a nutcase :eek:


  • Registered Users Posts: 5,391 ✭✭✭jozi


    4 post and im laughing since the second one
    /me goes off to see what he's on about....

    EDIT: Now why didnt i think of that before :confused:


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 91,188 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    http://www.frigprim.com/articels4/LiqMetal.html
    Pure gallium, (Ga), melts at 30 C but several of its alloys have much lower melting points. The main drawback is its aggressiveness towards almost all other metals. All gallium alloys must therefore be enclosed within ceramic walls, which seems difficult to realise.
    http://www.scescape.net/~woods/elements/gallium.html
    The metal expands 3.1% on solidifying; therefore, it should not be stored in glass or metal containers, as they may break as the metal solidifies.
    http://www.theodoregray.com/PeriodicTable/Elements/031/index.s7.html
    Unfortunately, it stains your hands and is hard to get off, so I don't recommend it. In fact, it stains or sticks to just about anything, which is very irritating because it would otherwise make a very nice substitute for mercury where a liquid metal is called for.

    By mixing gallium and indium it's possible to make an alloy that is liquid at room temperature, just like mercury, but the alloy is also annoyingly sticky.
    www.goodfellow.com sell it (search) - €320 for 10g at 99% purity


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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,556 ✭✭✭dubdvd


    thanks for the linkys capt,n they will keep my twisted little mind ticking over for a while ...do you think ants can live in sub zero temps :D:p ...must look that up he says to himself as he runs downstairs to the Freezer with his new buddys in toe :rolleyes: :eek:


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