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Comparison with Wood's metal?[edit]

What are the drawbacks of this relative to Wood's metal? I imagine there must be some, or else nobody would use Wood's metal anymore, since it's toxic. --Doradus (talk) 21:45, 1 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It contains Indium. Indium currently cost about $400/kg when purchased by the truckload. This means that you should expect "field's metal" to be astronomically expensive compared to woods metal. I suspect the claims of non-toxicity are somewhat overstated: While the substance itself is probably not especially toxic, it may form toxic compounds in the presence of other substances. It doesn't appear that the substance has been researched or otherwise studied by much more than its creator. --Gmaxwell (talk) 01:30, 28 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Strength?[edit]

What sort of strength does it have? Emesee (talk) 20:25, 25 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Density?[edit]

Has someone measured its actual density? Is a weighted average of the liquid densities of its components an acceptable estimate? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.177.69.149 (talk) 23:35, 2 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Specious "Safety" Warnings[edit]

These should be removed because they're silly. (1)"Although it is much less dangerous to use than other commonly melted metals, such as lead or aluminium, contact with Field's metal in the liquid state can cause third-degree burns." This means that if you heat metal it gets hot, and hot things can burn your skin. (2) From the link in the article, "Indium lung is a rare occupational lung disease caused by exposure to respirable indium in the form of indium tin oxide." This has nothing to do with metallic Indium. The oxide isn't the metal. It's like the difference between hydrogen and water. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.112.121.67 (talk) 08:07, 27 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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