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Uploaded on Mar 18, 2009

A small amount of mercury amalgamates itself into an aluminum I-beam and destroys it from within. Gallium scratched into the surface allows the mercury to penetrate the protective oxide layer that normally surrounds anything made of aluminum.
This is a time-lapse video, the action takes about two hours in real time. The powdery oxide is falling off, what you don't see is a significant pile of it building up underneath.
This is the original Pop Sci article on the topic: http://periodictable.com/PopSci/2004/...

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  • Shah Rewl

    Shah Rewl 3 weeks ago

    a new way to fuck up somebody's macbook pro! LOL

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  • SakoresDark

    SakoresDark 4 weeks ago

    <.< ....*Slowly moves my old fashioned mercury thermometer away from my 2000$ black aluminum cased gaming computer* I've got my eye on you, mercury...

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  • TheEvilResidue

    TheEvilResidue 2 hours ago

    Was the point of this comment to brag about the computer, or about the importance of moving the mercury away?

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  • stopthesoftkill2

    stopthesoftkill2 15 hours ago

    I was being sarcastic. you go kill yourself for being a moron troll.

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  • ThirstyFeeds

    ThirstyFeeds 23 hours ago

    kill yourself...

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    stopthesoftkill2 1 day ago

    so thats what happened to the twin towers

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  • Mykle bust

    Mykle bust 1 day ago

    yess...right!

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  • Ibrahiem Al-Dar'awi

    Ibrahiem Al-Dar'awi 1 day ago

    GODAMIT :P you're absolutely right heheheh

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  • George Sains

    George Sains 2 days ago

    it was a joke...

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  • Drew Wallen

    Drew Wallen 2 days ago

    World terrorism go a go to a new level

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  • samqueler

    samqueler 2 days ago

    macbook PRO not macbook

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  • haffiz ismail

    haffiz ismail 2 days ago

    corrosion

    

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