Liquid Metal Nails | Making A Gallium Nail

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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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@Minchandre 3 жыл бұрын

Caesium is less "toxic" and more "explodes on contact with air".

@Lunam_D._Roger 3 жыл бұрын

Same with Rubidium, but replace air with water.

@MacGuffinMan 3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@BossOfAllTrades 3 жыл бұрын

@@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

@thedarkknight1865 3 жыл бұрын

Because of low ionisation energy

@roughshaf7321 3 жыл бұрын

isn't caesium radioactive as well?

@robvancamp2781 3 жыл бұрын

"Gallium Nail" sounds like a metal band name

@kyupin1075 3 жыл бұрын

heh metal..

@fayeharrison1741 3 жыл бұрын

and they play softcore

@Joyful_Jo_ 3 жыл бұрын

Lol can't wait for someone to steal this name

@KatsuKasuu 3 жыл бұрын

legit do you mind if I use this?

@waltonsimons12 3 жыл бұрын

But not a HEAVY metal band name, because it's not as heavy of a metal.

@AnakinSkyobiliviator 3 жыл бұрын

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."

@EdibleFuture 3 жыл бұрын

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

@Jasmine-pc4qp 3 жыл бұрын

@Nexxol bruh

@olo828 3 жыл бұрын

@Nexxol that would be your mother

@altercaze 3 жыл бұрын

Guy: “Careful where your gallium goes” Also guy: Blows gallium everywhere with a hair dryer.

@abiyyupanggalih854 3 жыл бұрын

lols

@ssgoko88 3 жыл бұрын

It's only safe with his fume hood

@AltimaNEO 3 жыл бұрын

Not to mention hitting it with his hammer. Could make his hammer brittle

@Mezuzah87 2 жыл бұрын

I mean he's just desperate for clicks. He just copies this shit from reddit

@nicholasbiddle7893 2 жыл бұрын

Yea but it's not like he's on an airplane or something

@kilrenosshaman3470 7 жыл бұрын

this would be great to make a lot of gallium nails and give them to friend so when he uses them they will melt

@cozierelf0 3 жыл бұрын

Forget melting, he couldn't even use one without it breaking

@error00001 3 жыл бұрын

the classic prank is making a gallium spoon to stir coffee

@farrela3620 3 жыл бұрын

@@error00001 and poison them in the process. So.... win-win?

@realadityaarjun 3 жыл бұрын

@@error00001 Idea Level:- Tiktok

@bushfishncook2128 3 жыл бұрын

Make a row of nails for your mates nail gun hahaha

@JonMW 3 жыл бұрын

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).

@alecboi777 3 жыл бұрын

then make the nail thicc

@CzornyLisek 3 жыл бұрын

@@alecboi777 Then it would require more energy to nail the nail

@MrSlimeOfSlime 3 жыл бұрын

I just realized, this guy created shorts before shorts were even a thing

@LotlLabs 3 жыл бұрын

Wait is that a slimekeep profile pic?

@karalmom5669 3 жыл бұрын

Ohh u made me realize :D

@LotlLabs 3 жыл бұрын

@Swag Pianist mr slime

@5UH9VQLVE5 3 жыл бұрын

you think youtube invented short videos?

@AsjadSS 3 жыл бұрын

Him: It isn't toxic. My mind: Drink it!

@garlicapple2244 3 жыл бұрын

😂

@josephsheranda 3 жыл бұрын

Mom! I have silver diarrhea! 😂

@_hassannnnn 3 жыл бұрын

@@josephsheranda F 😂

@garlicbreadstick404 3 жыл бұрын

@@josephsheranda shiny shit

@eshitajaiswal553 3 жыл бұрын

Nooo

@bushfishncook2128 3 жыл бұрын

People now smuggling gallium into jail 😂

@abhisth462 3 жыл бұрын

Why

@churchofclaus 3 жыл бұрын

@@abhisth462 to destroy the steel bars I presume

@tibicenlinnei4014 2 жыл бұрын

@@abhisth462 you can pick locks with gallium

@miroslavzima8856 3 жыл бұрын

What can I say? You just NAILED it x)

@Over_Toasted 3 жыл бұрын

Also: gallium wets things and mercury does not.

@georgiacoombs7110 3 жыл бұрын

It's your fault my toast was burnt 😔😭

@GustavoSantos-ep5jx 3 жыл бұрын

I keep expecting it to form into a human shape and ask where John Conor is

@bogiesmigforl1 3 жыл бұрын

lol

@prakharmishra5583 3 жыл бұрын

Then get shot by another metal being and thrown in moleten steel

@callumbillington8395 3 жыл бұрын

You show your age but... 🤣

@doucherag2151 3 жыл бұрын

It has to achieve critical mass first.

@annedrieck7316 2 жыл бұрын

Dark fat is pretty amazing

@bushfishncook2128 3 жыл бұрын

In a cold area of the world build a outhouse with gallium sheeting, when a mate goes in hit it with some hot water 😂😂😂

@magusperde365 3 жыл бұрын

Nah mate, would work better in caesium

@josephsheranda 3 жыл бұрын

You read my mind. Have a like. 😂

@limeslayer5086 3 жыл бұрын

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

@zaaio. 3 жыл бұрын

I think rhodium will break like that

@mr.shoebill6265 3 жыл бұрын

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

@matpainter2164 3 жыл бұрын

Or have it on u and ask for a coin then apply it and break the coin

@WoodlouseChucker 3 жыл бұрын

@@mr.shoebill6265 your thickness, I think that's illegal

@mr.shoebill6265 3 жыл бұрын

@@WoodlouseChucker i dont know if i want to take that as a compliment or an insult

@Dther99 3 жыл бұрын

So this is what Homer used to build Flanders’ house.

@k.r.99 3 жыл бұрын

I had to look up what you were talking about and came back to smash the like lol

@Dawnswashbelly 3 жыл бұрын

Same 😆

@Unfime 3 жыл бұрын

damn, i’m learning so much from this channel i barely have to look up stuff for my science project-

@oldaccount1196 3 жыл бұрын

same

@jakethesnake2511 3 жыл бұрын

I could imagine making a fence in the winter and having it collapse in the spring

@TwentySevenist 7 жыл бұрын

So the nail shattered because it's not that strong, or did heat from impact have anything to do with it?

@ActionLabShorts 7 жыл бұрын

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.

@MammaOVlogs 7 жыл бұрын

good question

@benjaminlarson6168 7 жыл бұрын

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.

@Dwayne7 3 жыл бұрын

I think when u hit the nail , it produces enough heat to make it brittle

@jackhazardous4008 2 жыл бұрын

@@ActionLabShorts so hypothetically, aliens could use it as a substitute for iron? If they evolved on a hellishly cold planet?

@zacharyburch3410 2 жыл бұрын

It’s crazy how much you have changed in 4 years still love the videos

@Name-js5uq 3 жыл бұрын

My comment is I have been watching you for years and I just think you are so awesome I love learning from you

@MissesWitch Жыл бұрын

So satisfying when an almost perfect nail comes out!

@rohanmadhwal2837 2 жыл бұрын

I wish I had a science teacher like him so the class would never be boring

@MammaOVlogs 7 жыл бұрын

wow very informative l loved it a learned something new! Great job!

@ActionLabShorts 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@MammaOVlogs 7 жыл бұрын

ur welcome! love em!

@strawberryapproves6907 2 жыл бұрын

I really like watching your science videos after school, you’re like a fun science teacher! :)

@sijonda 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@poodle5421 3 жыл бұрын

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

@erinfloyd8785 7 жыл бұрын

Fascinating!

@MiaxisYT 3 жыл бұрын

This is funny, give your friend these when he puts his aluminum roof on his shed. Surprise

@Epicgodofepicness04 7 жыл бұрын

Very cool earned you a sub. keep it up

@priyanshushrimal5419 3 жыл бұрын

3:55 "It's nailed in there pretty good", that's what she said.

@gianaroland8518 3 жыл бұрын

Lolololol

@konrad8509 3 жыл бұрын

3:00 wow, you *NAILED* it

@swedish_vikings 7 жыл бұрын

Awesome vid!

@1three7 2 жыл бұрын

I feel like this is the basis for some really cool magic trick

@bhakindar9083 3 жыл бұрын

Nailed it!

@lachnanin2398 7 жыл бұрын

Cool!

@nickyflores2594 7 жыл бұрын

wow I love your channel! +1 subscriber!

@zbutter1239 6 жыл бұрын

this is so cool

@shubhamupman7260 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting!!

@udesharampola4749 3 жыл бұрын

He nailed it

@waltonsimons12 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@samarendra109 3 жыл бұрын

But if they are using gallium so frequently then their planet will be freakishly cold.

@waltonsimons12 3 жыл бұрын

@@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. :-)

@karalmom5669 3 жыл бұрын

*Proceeds to vaporize human with a gallium-framed laser rifle*

@waltonsimons12 3 жыл бұрын

@@karalmom5669 It'd have to be a gallium crossbow. A gallium laser rifle would melt the first time it was used. :-D

@karalmom5669 3 жыл бұрын

@@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

@woodant1981 3 жыл бұрын

If it's cold in the environment, pour it into the lined up holes while hot and boom! Nail!

@zayanauntora9561 3 жыл бұрын

wow. gallium melts at room temperature (25°c) what would happen if it was where i am, where the temperature is, *48°c*

@cobraclarke203 3 жыл бұрын

Gonna have to make some nails for the guys at work. Hahaha

@bjw9529 3 жыл бұрын

I could take over the world with this stuff..

@scribbler_crowe 2 жыл бұрын

How exactly-? I wanna join you-

@ChefBarry 3 жыл бұрын

A great idea how a practical joke, hammer something and then make the nail disappear breaking whatever you nailed with your body heat lol

@williamgandarillas2185 3 жыл бұрын

Me: Can we have nails mom? Mom: we have nails at home The nails at home:

@LivingProofFilmz 3 жыл бұрын

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* 🎵

@thinkwolves2217 7 жыл бұрын

awsome i wish i could be like you

@alexanderkamado504 3 жыл бұрын

have you tried putting gallium near a magnet?

@fuzzdogs 3 жыл бұрын

solid gallium is slightly magnetic, while liquid gallium is not

@spookyssmurf9036 3 жыл бұрын

Next time make a gallium hammer so you get the whole set buff

@gloriousgallium844 3 жыл бұрын

Cool

@zokytrucker8072 7 жыл бұрын

that was awesome! can u do vlog about black hole. pls

@ActionLabShorts 7 жыл бұрын

Sure, I will do one coming up!

@official-obama 3 жыл бұрын

Be sure to hold onto your camera tightly!

@MiIo_- 3 жыл бұрын

@@official-obama so true😂

@benleonard36 7 жыл бұрын

galium nail best construction prank ;)

@GatCat 3 жыл бұрын

Let it harden? Did you turn on the ac? I’m curious what exactly made it harden. At what temp?

@richard4058 3 жыл бұрын

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

@noahkoler 3 жыл бұрын

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?

@Inugirl582 3 жыл бұрын

I also want to know. For purely hypothetical reasons.

@red__guy 3 жыл бұрын

Took me a minute to recognize that its Company Man's intro

@luca.652 3 жыл бұрын

Me too

@SteveOnotsky 3 жыл бұрын

For anyone looking for this track: MK2, "Creepin"

@pkextra2834 3 жыл бұрын

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

@some1473 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@BlightfulProductions 3 жыл бұрын

Would probably only work against tanks that don't use non reactive plating (ceramic, as an example)

@yeetlol3537 3 жыл бұрын

Where did this guy get this stuff? Im kinda impressed

@mrsmartypants4541 3 жыл бұрын

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

@Hooples 3 жыл бұрын

Why not just use ice

@mrsmartypants4541 3 жыл бұрын

@@Hooples too brittle, push daggers are rather thin and concealable, ice would not work

@rizqankhalid9140 3 жыл бұрын

If I start a metal band, I'll call it Gallium

@mijkolsmith 3 жыл бұрын

I bet someone can make a really elaborated murder plot with those nails

@oldaccount1196 3 жыл бұрын

pog

@depressionprogression7446 3 жыл бұрын

"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."

@jackhazardous4008 2 жыл бұрын

You ruined it

@litebands4349 3 жыл бұрын

uses gallium nail to make furniture reaches melting point entire furniture collapses

@eugenionava4485 7 жыл бұрын

where can I get gallium?

@futao9918 2 жыл бұрын

“It isnt toxic” So that mean i can eat it? :D

@furiousmagician5912 2 жыл бұрын

*ends up in chubbyemu video*

@mrartdeco 3 жыл бұрын

So when someone build a wooden house with it in the winter.. it will crumble instantly in the summer 🤣🤣🤣

@aswin9366 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@mrartdeco 3 жыл бұрын

@@aswin9366 would still be an amazing joke for the carpenters out there to troll their friends

@e.o9470 3 жыл бұрын

What was T-1000 made of? Gal or Merc?

@fabioemanuelmeier5986 2 жыл бұрын

Are these black hands forever or can you wash the colour off?

@spacesimp 3 жыл бұрын

Makes gallium spoons. _dips it into tea_

@teirdalin 3 жыл бұрын

I assume the friction is what is destroying it when trying to nail it in. Perhaps try it from frozen?

@jacobcw5427 3 жыл бұрын

He also mentioned it makes other metals brittle, perhaps this is true of gallium on its on too?

@teirdalin 3 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@1298blaster 3 жыл бұрын

@@teirdalin it becomes more brittle the colder it is

@fakhruziawwalakbar7384 3 жыл бұрын

5:32 sometimes liquid is more stable than solid 😌👌🏻

@m3n9_ 3 жыл бұрын

Recommended gang

@zakwindle8859 3 жыл бұрын

What would happen if you drink it?

@josephsheranda 3 жыл бұрын

You would have silver colored diarrhea the next day! 😂

@WhenDoesTheVideoActuallyStart 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@sciencegirltheai-1minutesc607 3 жыл бұрын

Imagine a house held together by gallium nails in a hot summer day

@TyDie85 3 жыл бұрын

Ok, so the cool thing about Gallium is that it is useful in providing resources to build your Warframe.

@Thizziam 3 жыл бұрын

I remember this dude

@iffyfox9749 3 жыл бұрын

What happens to gallium at or past its boiling point? Can't seem to find any info on this

@nielsunnerup7099 3 жыл бұрын

I bet I'd freeze

@callumbillington8395 3 жыл бұрын

2403°c crazy for a metal that's consistency resembles chocolate in a toddlers hand...

@officialdislikebutton9712 3 жыл бұрын

the bgm makes me think im watching a sleazy ass gas station porn

@libertarianPinoy 3 жыл бұрын

This is how I imagined Superman could cast iron nails.

@theshadowthie1 3 жыл бұрын

wait, could you break into a metal safe but just dumping a bucket of gallium on it?

@spacewiz163 3 жыл бұрын

Is gallium and other liquid metals electric conductors?

@callumbillington8395 3 жыл бұрын

Liquid gallium is more conducive that it's solid state, apparently 🤷‍♂️ you thinking what I'm thinking Mr battery tech..? 😋

@bri5033 3 жыл бұрын

Idea: make a huge awesome mansion-type building out of gallium in a place that never gets warm enough to melt it. Let very very rich people live in it for free with the one and only cost being that they have to wear warm clothes, obviously, since it's in a pretty cold place and the mansion thing can't have heating in it since it'll melt. Then the very rich people will have to figure out a way to prevent global warming because if they don't their house will straight up melt away.

@nottodaysir5855 3 жыл бұрын

That is the dumbest idea I've ever heard

@itsanimedre2470 2 жыл бұрын

So another weakness to superman even Batman didn’t know about 😮

@wyattknutson 3 жыл бұрын

Imagine giving someone a chair made with gallium nails as a prank

@robaxl3088 2 жыл бұрын

If you put that stuff on the steel support beams of a building would it make the building collapse? Asking for a friend

@JesseWinford69 3 жыл бұрын

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.?

@hamjudo 3 жыл бұрын

Gallium is a slow expensive way to get into a safe. It takes a long time to weaken steel. I have seen a few KZfaq 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.

@Sirfrummel 2 жыл бұрын

Do they use these nails for condos?

@thespiritus4440 3 жыл бұрын

What happens if you freeze gallium? If you make it too hot?

@fuzzdogs 3 жыл бұрын

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

@thespiritus4440 3 жыл бұрын

@@fuzzdogs thank you again!!

@thespiritus4440 3 жыл бұрын

What does gallium do with a hydrophobic blade?

@ApostleOfCats 3 жыл бұрын

Hydrophobic means that it repels water, gallium is not water (nothing special)

@GRAGH57 2 жыл бұрын

I bet this is how’s gods play with Tungsten and other high melting point elements

@agalagionwithacat 7 жыл бұрын

cesium isn't toxic. it just explodes

@JM-lh8rl 7 жыл бұрын

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