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Gallium melts in the palm of your hand

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You do not need a blazing furnace to physically conquer basic metallurgy. Gallium is an incredibly dramatic pure element that fundamentally refuses to maintain its solid crystalline shape above eighty five degrees Fahrenheit. If you casually hold a rigid block of it in your bare hands, your natural body heat is entirely sufficient to turn it into a shiny puddle.

Gallium melts in the palm of your hand
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