Re: Can Gallium form amalgam-type alloys?

From: Pittsburgh Pete (metalengr_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 08/24/04 

Date: 24 Aug 2004 16:46:49 -0700

patrik56@libero.it (Angelo) wrote in message news:<4c4a912e.0408240715.17622b35@posting.google.com>...
> Hi all,
>
> I'm wondering if molten Ga (m.p. ca. 30 oC) would dissolve
> other metals,much like Hg does. And if so, which metals
> have great, or at least appreciable, solubilities in liquid Ga.
> I've the feeling that alkali metals will do, probably Al, Sc,
> and perhaps Y, La, and Lanthanides, too. What about
> the classical triad Cu, Ag, Au? Also, for Ge, Sn, and Pb.
>
> I did some searches, but found about nothing interesting.
> Any direct info or links would be greatly appreciated.
>
> thank you for your attention,
> Angelo

Try searching Google under gallium amalgam.
You will find this four year old British Dental Journal article about
some commercial dental products:

http://www.nature.com/bdj/journal/v189/n6/pdf/4800755a.pdf

Amalgams for fillings are medical products which means that a search
of Public Medline can find lots of abstracts to magazine articles. Go
to the Entrez site at:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi

and put in the key words gallium amalgam.
There's even one review article titled Gamalgamation!
Click on "Related Articles" for even more references.

Pittsburgh Pete

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