Gallium in glass ampules

Melting gallium for fun? See why it's better in glass

[tybreelo]

I own one of your gallium ampoule samples, and it's super awesome!

[brfisher]

Oxygen, great for living and burning things but a huge pain when dealing with most metals and other easily oxidizable substances.

The fact that gallium reacts with atmospheric oxygen to form a gallium oxide coating that causes the metal to stain everything it touches is one property of the element that I can do without, if only gallium was one of those metals that don't react with oxygen at all.

[irfree]

5:40 Do you mean Hg's surface tension is lower than Ga's?

[foureight]

Yay one of my fav elements:D when will you guys review strontium?

[WaffleStaffel]

Do you do anything special to prevent the gallium from wetting the glass? Is keeping it free of oxides enough to prevent wetting?