tin pest, transformation of beta tin into alpha modification (grey tin)

Beta tin to alpha tin transformation, time lapse video of sample maintained at -40 C. 20 shots per hour.
Grid size - 1 cm.
One second of movie correspond one hours of real time.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• grey
• tin
• pest
• time
• lapse
• video
• demonstration
• metal
• reaction
• Chemistry

[DeanMalenko]

why does it start only on 1 end and not on all sides simultanously going towards the center? or was it caused by some sort of manipulation on that end?

[wwwperiodictableru]

Because I places small seed on one side. In fact you can see it at the begining of the video

[wbeaty]

A nanoscale state change infecting a metal! Don't let the fluid metal robot from the movie Terminator 2 fondle your crowbar.

What would the end of the world look like, if it ended as Grey Goo from runaway nanotechnology? Now you know.

[bmbirdsong]

Zombie tin

[dsspongekid]

How to convert the beta-Sn to alpha-Sn? What kind of method did you use?

[w1n6ed83a5t]

@wwwperiodictableru What did you 'seed' this with? is it just a matter of applying a spot of heat to 'kick start' it

[plopper09]

@couchminer moron

[evildarkfallen]

@couchminer your mom is fake and gay

[arvininfinity2]

Hahah! Impressive



[couchminer]

chemistry is fake and gay

[tzaipulanelusername]

wht is that?

[PKarklouse]

That's what happens when medusa petrifies someone