Ah, galium. Ngenxa yephuzu layo lokuncibilika eliphansi kakhulu (29.76 °C noma 85.568°F, ukuba ncamashi), insimbi ingashintshwa kalula ibe uketshezi futhi isetshenziswe ngezindlela eziningi.
Esebenzisa i-gallium ayithenge kalula ku-inthanethi, i-YouTube life hacker DaveHax ibonisa izimo ezimbalwa lapho ukuba nensimbi eshintsha ngokushesha kungaba usizo:
Lapho ithola i-gallium, ifika njengento eqinile eshubhu elincane lokuhlola. Ngokufaka ishubhu kwamanye amanzi ngaphezudlwana kwezinga lokushisa legumbi (ungathola imiphumela efanayo ngokubamba ishubhu phakathi kwezandla zakho ngosuku olushisayo), uDave uncibilikisa kalula i-gallium futhi ayithele esandleni sakhe.
Cabanga nge-gallium njengobumba lwensimbi lwabasebenza ngensimbi. Ungakwazi ukusefa futhi uwuthulule ngokuphepha usebenzisa izandla ezingenalutho, nakuba kungase kushiye amabala ampunga angasuswa kalula ngensipho namanzi. Ngisho noma insimbi ingenabo ubuthi ngokwemvelo, awukafuni ukuyingenisa. Insimbi phela lena, futhi akuyona into edliwayo ongayithenga esitolo sikaswidi.
Nge-gallium yakhe ewuketshezi kusipetu, u-Dave uqhubeka nokuthela insimbi ezibunjeni ezimbalwa zepulasitiki. Uqale enze izibalo ezifana ne-LEGO, alandelwe amabhulokhi ambalwa futhi ngesitayela se-LEGO.
Njengoba i-gallium inezindawo eziwuketshezi, ingena ezibunjeni futhi iqine kalula uma ipholile. Nakuba izibalo zavela kahle kakhulu (ngokusobala awukwazi ukuhambisa izingalo), ezinye izigxobo zezitini azizange zakheke kahle - zizenza zingaxhumeki.
Ingxenye engcono kakhulu yokuba nensimbi encibilika kalula ukuthi ungakwazi nje ukwephula izinto ozidalile zangaphambilini uphinde usebenzise i-gallium ukuze wenze enye into.
U-Dave usebenzisa indawo encibilikayo ephansi ye-gallium ukuze kuzuze yena ukuze akhe ikhandlela lensimbi. Ngokubhoboza imbobo esihlokweni sesikhunta sekhandlela futhi afake i-candlewick kuso, uyakwazi ukuthela i-gallium ewuketshezi ngaphandle kokuthi iphume. Uma insimbi isiqinile, angakhipha ikhandlela futhi akhanyise intambo ngakolunye uhlangothi. Insimbi ivele incibilike njengoba ikhandlela livutha, okuvumela uDave ukuthi ayiqoqe ngemuva kwalokho futhi ayisebenzise futhi.
Wenza ezinye izinto ezimbalwa ngokuthela i-gallium ewuketshezi ezibunjeni nasebumba lepulasitiki: ibhola lensimbi, ingidi, namathani namathani ama-fidget spinner. Ngiyazi ukuthi lawa mathoyizi asefile manje, kodwa uDave empeleni usebenzisa inqwaba yesikhunta ukwenza izinhlobo eziningi zama-fidget spinners.
Une-spiral, emise okwelanga (eyenziwe ngesikhunta sobumba se-plasticine kusetshenziswa ikepisi lepeni lokudweba ukwenza imisebe), kanye nesipina se-fidget esithatha izinqumo ukubala ezimbalwa. Esokugcina siyathakazelisa ngoba uDave usebenzisa isikhunta ukuze akhe amagama athi “yebo” kanye “cha”, bese ebeka izinhlamvu eziqinile ze-gallium esikhunjeni sobumba sepulasitiki esigcwele i-gallium ewuketshezi.
Kodwa enye yezinto ezithakazelisa kakhulu ze-gallium yindlela ekwazi ngayo ukuguqula i-aluminium ibe into ephukayo, efana nephepha. Ngenxa yezimangaliso zamakhemikhali, i-gallium iphula ungqimba lwe-oxide ye-aluminium futhi ihlasele i-crystal lattice, iyenze ibe brittle.
Ideshi nje ye-gallium kunoma yini i-aluminium ingayidiliza ngokushesha kuno-Michael Jackson ephathini yokudansa (yingakho into ingekho emthethweni ezindizeni). Amathini esoda, amabhodlela amanzi ensimbi, ngisho namarakhethi ethenisi akuphephile emandleni abhubhisayo e-gallium. Ngakho-ke nakuba kumnandi ukudlala ngensimbi ewuketshezi, qaphela ukuthi ungayisebenzisi kunoma yini i-aluminium.
Ungathola ama-hacks empilo amaningi ku- Isiteshi se-YouTube se-DaveHax. Ngeke zenze ukuphila kwakho kube lula ngaso sonke isikhathi, kodwa zizohlala zikwenza kuthakazelise.
