Gallium is an interesting element. When you look at it, it is a silvery metal that doesn’t seem to be anything special. When ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Gallium, a lesser common element, has some neat tricks up its quickly melting sleeve. It melts in your hand, can be used to make a gag spoon, and can turn a typical ...

Environmental systems scientist at the University of Delaware. Gallium metal has the unusual property of melting at room temperature and is often used as a curiosity prop in chemistry exhibitions.

Crystallization was effected by introducing a platinum wire carrying a particle of solid gallium into the metal cooled to 10° or 15° C. below its melting point. After the lapse of : a very short ...