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Published: 2008-04-22 22:14:54 +0000 UTC; Views: 866; Favourites: 23; Downloads: 36
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Fractal representation of the chemical Indium for my chemical project.I'm quite excited about this one! The texture, the colors, everything.
Here's a little tidbit on Indium (obscure as it is):
Indium is a very soft metal with a brilliant lustre. The pure metal gives a high-pitched "scream" when bent. It wets glass, as does gallium. It is useful for making low-melting alloys. An alloy of 24% indium and 76% gallium is liquid at room temperature. Canada produces the majority of of the world's supply of indium.
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I have a small rod of Indium and I'm having so much fun playing with it.
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Very nice - looks like coral, or possibly ferns on a battlefield... 
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The textures are amazing indeed! 
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Your welcome! I found that to be quite crazy myself.
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That's a quite interesting bit of info on this obscure element as you say!
I looked it up on Wiki- apparently this is one of the poor metals (low-melting point alloys.) Since tin and lead also belong to this category, it makes sense that they make for good solder. [Currently in Stained Glass- a lot of chemistry there!]
(Makes me want to bent some of it- if I could get a hold of it! 
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hehe. would be a liquid if you were able to "get a hold of it"
You'd just have yourself an oddly sloppy mess.
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You are going to run out of element at this rate. I image, you'll be pleased when you reach that point..
Ron
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Yes, it will indeed. Have you considered making a composite poster of the images?
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Good, I look forward to seeing it..
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