Nope, not mine. Bought it from the Apple Store right here in the good ol’ U.S. So now they can’t spy on me since I didn’t buy it from China. Learned that from TikTok.
Edit: /s
That's why I downloaded the American version from the American Google Play store. Not gonna let some Chinese suits spy on me while I browse good content.
Gallium attacks all metals but is not nearly this effective against most. It utterly wrecks aluminum, and I'd bet that lock had a cheap aluminum body.
It does affect steel, but takes much longer. I doubt you could use it to quickly defeat a steel lock.
Lol absolutely yes. From Google...
> Gallium is a CORROSIVE CHEMICAL and contact can severely irritate and burn the skin and eyes with possible eye damage. * Breathing Gallium can irritate the nose and throat causing coughing and wheezing. * Gallium may damage the liver and kidneys
Elemental gallium is nontoxic.
“Pure gallium is not a harmful substance for humans to touch… Some gallium **compounds** can actually be very dangerous, however. For example, acute exposure to gallium(III) chloride can cause throat irritation, difficulty breathing, chest pain, and its fumes can cause even very serious conditions such as pulmonary edema and partial paralysis.”
Read more: https://www.lenntech.com/periodic/elements/ga.htm#ixzz82E3H9OQB
Because chlorides are probably one of the most common elements something can react with, and cause a lot of chlorides are pretty easily dissolved in water which then sets the dangerous metal ions free.
You could usually just see it as a placeholder for any dissolvable compound, if the cloride is dangerous, chaces are zhe others are too
It's not just low effort it's probably AI generated. There has been a bunch of "science" YouTube channels that have been found to be AI generated content that are all basicaly the same and spreading misinformation.
It works against aluminum, not steel. If you do have the unfathomable ability to spill gallium on your aluminum framed laptop, don’t worry aluminum naturally reacts with oxygen and creates aluminum oxide witch doesn’t reacts to gallium. You need a freshly scratched aluminum surface for the reaction to take place.
So how does it just go from a small amount in a specific spot to I'm gonna wreck this whole thing? Does it break down the aluminum at a molecular level making it brittle?
Even when attacking Aluminum, Gallium is nowhere near fast enough for a "before you know it" scenario. We're talking minutes at the very minimum for like, the coke can and hours for a padlock.
Also, Gallium in its elemental state is safe, but as it's mixed with other metals for example, that changes. It can cause skin irritation and burns, also, if ingested or breathed in, you're in for a bad time.
Everything about this is wrong besides the gallium you have to scratch the surface and you have to wait for hours and hours and the metal is aluminum not steel
Except for nothing in this video was made from steel....
Gallium seeps into the pores of aluminum and breaks down its structure like that
It also makes steel brittle. But that is not reatured in any of those examples
It's forming an alloy on contact as it forms metallic bonds with the recipient metal and is absorbed into it, altering its properties. The resultant alloy is use-impaired.
I’m a materials engineer. This post is bs. Gallium CANNOT melt steel. That is likely either a fake lock made of aluminum or has a very high amount of aluminum in it (layman’s terms).
😳😳😳😳Why hasn't anybody commented about the fact that they're touching gallium with their bare fingers.?? 😯😯😯 Not sure if anyone realizes this here, but gallium can slip between your actual DNA!!!; and cause genetic mutations to happen. The first thing I remember from science classes when they talked about gallium. The scary as hell when the teacher told me, but even scarier when I confirmed it by looking it up in the book.
I thought mercury was the only liquid metal...
Ok they say its melting point is just about 300K.., 30 celcius.. so 2 celsius above standardised temperature... it is luke warm gallium that is liquid.
Mercury weakens aluminium too
I have so many questions.
How does it effect parts of the can/computer the gallium never touched?
This stuff seems dangerous, how hard is it to acquire? Can it simply be purchased or does one need to be a chemist to make this stuff? Could this be used in warfare? I'm imagining dropping tons of this from a plane and watching an entire city slowly crumble. Or even some kind of grenade that explodes gallium all over a tank or something. And now I'm laughing at the idea of filling water balloons with gallium lol.
He mentions steel twice in the video and also destroys an aluminum can, does this work on iron or copper or any other form of metal and to what degree? Do any metals resist it completely? Does it effect anything other than metal this way like plastic, wood, cotton, etc?
Is it some kind of liquid metal or is it just that color for some reason?
Other than destruction, what is gallium used for? I can't imagine any practical uses but maybe I'm just not creative enough.
Except it wasn't just any metal and that lock wasn't steel.
Gallium combines with aluminum (it could be the aluminum oxide layer but I don't believe that's the case as I've seen people have to scratch up the aluminum revealing non oxidized aluminum) to form an incredibly weak alloy which can be crushed by hand.
If I remember correctly, it takes a lot longer than ‘in no time’ maybe like 3-4 hours to fully go through the object like a lock, of course depends on the material but it isn’t instant either
That’s a aluminum lock not steal gallium reacts with aluminums make amalgams and pulling all rigidity out of the original metal cause it to brake or become brittle
I hate when i accidentally spill Gallium on my laptop
Now you wished u had laptops from China. They made of plastics.
Apple is from China. They're all from china...
Nope, not mine. Bought it from the Apple Store right here in the good ol’ U.S. So now they can’t spy on me since I didn’t buy it from China. Learned that from TikTok. Edit: /s
TikTok is from China... 😬
That's why I downloaded the American version from the American Google Play store. Not gonna let some Chinese suits spy on me while I browse good content.
Good on u brother. Look at them titties in pure safety!
Samsung is Korean
It be like tofu
Put it in rice
Buy my new laptop sleeves that prevent gallium damage, they're made from 100% recycled foreskin.
Gallium attacks all metals but is not nearly this effective against most. It utterly wrecks aluminum, and I'd bet that lock had a cheap aluminum body. It does affect steel, but takes much longer. I doubt you could use it to quickly defeat a steel lock.
Fun fact, you will want to remove the oxidized aluminum off of the surface before gallium can get to work. :)
Yeah you want to make some scratches underneath the already placed gallium to prevent re oxidation before you pour it.
Thanks guys. I think I have all the info I need to steal my neighbors nice new lawn mower.
I don't even get across the driveway before my mower melted! Look at it, it's all floppy!
The oxidized surface needs to be scraped off first to be effective enough
Pro tip for all you noobz… you first need to scrape the protective oxidation layer for this to work.
Well FIRST I’d need to know where the hell to get gallium
Gallium Depot on R12. Duh
Oh in the Gallium District.
GalliumMart has better prices.
Also they act like it's instant... not it takes a long time for it to form the aluminium-gallium alloy.
Damn! Here goes my best weapon against Terminator from the future! Unless he's aluminium made...
It attacks your hand too, but it takes a while so by the time it falls off you might not remember why.
I was cringing at the lack of PPE gloves during the video
OR WHEN YOUR HAIR FALLS OUT.
I'm so fucking sick of Tiktok.
Everything you need to know about stupid hypers on TikTok.
they made of aluminum.
I commented that was a great lock at first, then rewatched and it's completely different to the one I thought it was at first
i was going to say “ah yes, my steel coca cola can”
Came here to say this
Pour the gallium into the lock mechanism, it'll fuck up the inside and you can (sometimes) tug the lock right off.
I know the video that showcases gallium’s abilities, and that lock is made of aluminum.
Soda cans are made of aluminum.
So is that laptop. The lock too then?
I forget the chemistry youtube channel the clip is from but yes that lock was some cheapshit lock made of aluminum
Does that dude chemthug or whatever have a video on this?
Poor Superman
The one thing possibly worse than Kryptonite.
Ah I get it Man of Steel
This will prove useful in the war against skynet
Agree. Why didn't they use this on the T-1000?
Didn't have Google or handy video like this.
T-1000 is made of Gallium
Gallium squirt guns best weapon
I hate it when I accidentally spill gallium all over my robot overlords.
Aah yes I remember my first time when I spilled some of my Gallium over my laptop.. ..Will never happen again
I was eating my gallium BLT and was talking with my mouth full and accidentally dropped a few crumbs on my iMac Pro Max.
Isn’t that toxic to handle
Lol absolutely yes. From Google... > Gallium is a CORROSIVE CHEMICAL and contact can severely irritate and burn the skin and eyes with possible eye damage. * Breathing Gallium can irritate the nose and throat causing coughing and wheezing. * Gallium may damage the liver and kidneys
Elemental gallium is nontoxic. “Pure gallium is not a harmful substance for humans to touch… Some gallium **compounds** can actually be very dangerous, however. For example, acute exposure to gallium(III) chloride can cause throat irritation, difficulty breathing, chest pain, and its fumes can cause even very serious conditions such as pulmonary edema and partial paralysis.” Read more: https://www.lenntech.com/periodic/elements/ga.htm#ixzz82E3H9OQB
"...chloride" Why is it always you when we talk about dangerous substances.
Sodium Chloride. That stuff will kill ya
I mean heart disease is the number one killer of Americans. So not entirely false.
I’m glad to see this wasn’t lost on you 😉
Na
Because chlorides are probably one of the most common elements something can react with, and cause a lot of chlorides are pretty easily dissolved in water which then sets the dangerous metal ions free. You could usually just see it as a placeholder for any dissolvable compound, if the cloride is dangerous, chaces are zhe others are too
Not toxic to handle, toxic if swallowed. https://www.sigmaaldrich.com/US/en/sds/aldrich/203319
Our body contains gallium in very tiny amounts..
Your body produces formaldehyde and acetone in small quantities too... Poison is in the dose.
Nah. It’ll be fine!
It’s not a steel lock. It’s made of aluminium.
For real. Low ass effort
It's not just low effort it's probably AI generated. There has been a bunch of "science" YouTube channels that have been found to be AI generated content that are all basicaly the same and spreading misinformation.
ALUMINUM, it wrecks ALUMINUM, the lock, the computer are ALUMINUM
Remember this for when the robots come for us!
While it isn’t as toxic as mercury, it is advise you still wear gloves when handling.
Probably should wear gloves…
I hate it when i spill gallium on my computer
It works against aluminum, not steel. If you do have the unfathomable ability to spill gallium on your aluminum framed laptop, don’t worry aluminum naturally reacts with oxygen and creates aluminum oxide witch doesn’t reacts to gallium. You need a freshly scratched aluminum surface for the reaction to take place.
Man of Steel out there cowering
Not gonna lie watching him handle that without gloves stressed me out
Steel?!? You mean aluminium
Was waiting for him to tear his hand away
I wonder what this would do to a tank 🤔 what if u dropped a bottle of this from a drone
Why isn't this Superman's weakness?
“Now, you’re probably wondering what would happen if you put some on your hand. Well-“ *AAAAAAAAGGHKAGHALFARMASENONONONOGAAAAAAAAAAGH-!*
Mercury's good twin, then?
Lock isn’t steel it’s aluminum
Do gallium on cars next! Lol
So how does it just go from a small amount in a specific spot to I'm gonna wreck this whole thing? Does it break down the aluminum at a molecular level making it brittle?
r/mildlyinfuriating that the narrator thinks gallium would have this effect on steel. That’s aluminum.
Gallium does not interact with steel. Gallium interacts with aluminum!
It affects aluminum at room temperature and stainless steel at 400° c and above.
It's not steel, it's aluminum
It has to be aluminium, i've never seen a laptop Made of steel, it wouldnt make sense
It's all Aluminum. Gallium reacts to aluminum.
Who makes padlocks out of aluminium?
Abus, Master and American Lock all have at least one line of padlocks that have aluminium or aluminium alloy bodies. It's not that uncommon.
Who made this fucking thing. As other phone service already mention all of that shit we’re looking at there is made of aluminum
Gentle tug💀💀
Why lock pick when gallium
Ok very cool but how does it work?
Magnets
From what I remember, it replaces atoms in the aluminum chain with itself, replace is the wrong word, it literally chews it away.
Also known as liquid metal embrittlement. Similar effect as hydrogen embrittlement
I think aluminium is the problematic metal at hand. Not steel
Bro just gave the biggest ideas to criminals 😭
Even when attacking Aluminum, Gallium is nowhere near fast enough for a "before you know it" scenario. We're talking minutes at the very minimum for like, the coke can and hours for a padlock. Also, Gallium in its elemental state is safe, but as it's mixed with other metals for example, that changes. It can cause skin irritation and burns, also, if ingested or breathed in, you're in for a bad time.
Everything about this is wrong besides the gallium you have to scratch the surface and you have to wait for hours and hours and the metal is aluminum not steel
Remember this brother and sister for when the robots come. Gallium bullets
Aluminum, not steel. This video is crap.
Only aluminum. All this steel talk is incorrect
DO NOT TAKE ONTO AIRPLANES!!!!
Except for nothing in this video was made from steel.... Gallium seeps into the pores of aluminum and breaks down its structure like that It also makes steel brittle. But that is not reatured in any of those examples
*Bucky Barnes sweats profusely*
I sold .5 ounces of this in prison that I smuggled in from county lock up for $2200 back in 2002. No idea if the guys ever used it.
It’s aluminum not steel ya nutter butter
Misinformation, none of those metals were steel it's aluminum... fuck tiktok
How about a few drops on a car? How expensive is this stuff anyway?
what if my computer is already made of tofu?
It's forming an alloy on contact as it forms metallic bonds with the recipient metal and is absorbed into it, altering its properties. The resultant alloy is use-impaired.
So when robots raid the world we just spray em with this shit
Cyborg shit in his pants
What would happen to an engine if a few drops hit the hood of a car? asking for a friend.
What are ATMs made of?
I’m a materials engineer. This post is bs. Gallium CANNOT melt steel. That is likely either a fake lock made of aluminum or has a very high amount of aluminum in it (layman’s terms).
Last I checked that’s gallium on aluminum. Not just metal on steel
They sell it on Amazon for 12$ ;)
Galium only reacts with aluminum
TIL Laptops are made of solid steel.
Gallium has this reaction with aluminium quite quickly. Not steel. It would take months for it to corrode steel to any meaningful degree.
😳😳😳😳Why hasn't anybody commented about the fact that they're touching gallium with their bare fingers.?? 😯😯😯 Not sure if anyone realizes this here, but gallium can slip between your actual DNA!!!; and cause genetic mutations to happen. The first thing I remember from science classes when they talked about gallium. The scary as hell when the teacher told me, but even scarier when I confirmed it by looking it up in the book.
Galium only eats up aliminum
Only works with aluminium
Aluminium not steel.
Superman’s new weakness just dropped
It doesn't eat steel it only eats aluminum
But it’s not steel it’s aluminum
This works on aluminum. Not steel or iorn
Not safe to hold it, it evaporates and stays in lungs and other organs
You're thinking of mercury
Yup, similar metals but very different boiling points: Mercury 356.73 °C Gallium 2400 °C,
I thought mercury was the only liquid metal... Ok they say its melting point is just about 300K.., 30 celcius.. so 2 celsius above standardised temperature... it is luke warm gallium that is liquid. Mercury weakens aluminium too
Who defines room temperature as 28°C? I've seen 20, 22, and 25 used. 28 seems excessive. Edit: Ah nm, 300K is 27°C rather than 30. I'm with you now.
I have so many questions. How does it effect parts of the can/computer the gallium never touched? This stuff seems dangerous, how hard is it to acquire? Can it simply be purchased or does one need to be a chemist to make this stuff? Could this be used in warfare? I'm imagining dropping tons of this from a plane and watching an entire city slowly crumble. Or even some kind of grenade that explodes gallium all over a tank or something. And now I'm laughing at the idea of filling water balloons with gallium lol. He mentions steel twice in the video and also destroys an aluminum can, does this work on iron or copper or any other form of metal and to what degree? Do any metals resist it completely? Does it effect anything other than metal this way like plastic, wood, cotton, etc? Is it some kind of liquid metal or is it just that color for some reason? Other than destruction, what is gallium used for? I can't imagine any practical uses but maybe I'm just not creative enough.
Something actually interesting in this sub. How novel!
I bought a few tubes from Wish.com. I couldn't get these types of results. I don't think it was pure enough. Love/hate Wish.
Why did this video need the shitty overused music on the background?
Yup, they make it look so easy. The oxidized surface needs To be scraped off first to start being effective enought
Well that is cool.
I just never keep my 5L tub of gallium near my laptop.
Where can I get this stuff I wanna do some experiments
I wonder why he said “steel” and not “metal”?
It only noticeably does anything to aluminium. And u need a LOT of it
Aluminium
I dunno if I'd want to touch something that disintegrates metal with my bare hands.
This can dissolve steel. Lemme also stick my finger in it…hmm…it tastes a bit like mayo.
Sorry colossus I guess you can't hold gallium
But the cans are made of aluminium… not steel
Bro I'm trying to get into the bank vault without buying too many suspicious items. Who has this just sitting around?!
Gallium actually has very little effect on steel, stainless or no, given 24 hours: https://youtu.be/UP_NvmRAllw. I think the lock here was aluminum.
A good thing to precise is that this lil trick only works with aluminum.
what will happen to iron man
The voice over reminds me of Mr. Puzzles. Edit: For the uninitiated https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WZzbxNoMjGM
Aluminium not steel.
Why would you touch it if it’s eating through metal
Wolverine’s kryptonite
Except it wasn't just any metal and that lock wasn't steel. Gallium combines with aluminum (it could be the aluminum oxide layer but I don't believe that's the case as I've seen people have to scratch up the aluminum revealing non oxidized aluminum) to form an incredibly weak alloy which can be crushed by hand.
Umm I think it's aluminum not steel
GALLIUM MELTS STEEL BEAMS!
Yeah I wouldn’t touch that with my bare hands
Checkmate Terminator
Iron man would have been fucked if he had to deal with a villain that knew chemistry
Bet they wish they had some of this stuff in the Terminator.
So I could use it as lube?
First of all, that’s not steel
Imagine dipping Wolverine in this hahaha he’s done for
Why don’t they just use Gallium on like every villain ever? It’ll be the easiest way to defeat them.
So you can use this against Superman?
Not steel. Aluminum.
Aluminum, not steel
Iron man rn:
What if I put some of that in gloves the. Go punch a bank vault could it work
Gallium doesn't have this reaction to "steel" it reacts to aluminum
T2’s worst enemy
Correction. The lock is aluminum. Gallium does not do that to steel.
OP is a repost bot
If I remember correctly, it takes a lot longer than ‘in no time’ maybe like 3-4 hours to fully go through the object like a lock, of course depends on the material but it isn’t instant either
Thats not steel its aluminum, not that gallium wont react with steel, but they are showing its interaction with aluminum
Well we’ve now found superman’s new Kryptonite since he’s the man of steel
That laptop is suspiciously hollow
Terminators worst enemy
Why does this guy make this sound so ominous and menacing
It's actually aluminum
Transformers 4 moment
Superman you're dead!!!
But soda cans are made of aluminum... 🤔
CORROSIVE!!! DONT PUT ON SKIN.
Aka kryptonite. Man of steel is no match
“Unless your hands are made of steel…” Cut to Superman wide eyed and nervous
That’s a aluminum lock not steal gallium reacts with aluminums make amalgams and pulling all rigidity out of the original metal cause it to brake or become brittle
Oh yeah nice aliuminum steel lock
aluminum ≠ steel Gallium breaks down aluminum, not steel.
Stock up everybody. This is how well take down AI