Re: Heavy Liquids

David Deuchar wrote:
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> >> Any low or nontoxic low cost liquids that have a density above 3 gm/cc?
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> > 2) Methylene iodide, d=3.325 g/cm^3.
> > 3) Bromoform, d=2.905 g/cm^3 and dissolve in iodoform.
> > 4) Mercury, 13.6 g/cm^3. Don't breath the vapor; beware of spills.
> > 5) Molten Wood's metal, mp=77 C, 9.7 g/cm^3
> > 6) Gallium-indium eutectic, mp=16 C, 6.25 g/cm^3
> >
> > Molten metals are often reactive (alloying, intermetallics) toward
> > other metals.
> >
> Ga68.5/In21.5/Sn10 would be liquid and dense if not very cheap.

Ga62.5/In21.5/Sn16 gets you to mp=10.7 C and d=6.5 g/cm^3. That is as
low as she goes for ternaries. Adding up to 3.5% silver drops mp
below 0 C, Japanese Patent Application Sho 57-233016 to Inage et al.

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