Talk:Gallium
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Article changed over to new Wikipedia:WikiProject Elements format by maveric149. Elementbox converted 12:20, 1 July 2005 by Femto (previous revision was that of 17:27, 14 June 2005).
[edit] Information Sources
Some of the text in this entry was rewritten from Los Alamos National Laboratory - Gallium. Additional text was taken directly from USGS Gallium Statistics and Information, the Elements database 20001107 (via dict.org), Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (via dict.org) and WordNet (r) 1.7 (via dict.org). Data for the table was obtained from the sources listed on the main page and Wikipedia:WikiProject Elements but was reformatted and converted into SI units.
[edit] Talk
Discovery of the chemical elements says discovered in 1871. This article says 1875. -- Tarquin 10:23 Oct 5, 2002 (UTC)
- 1875 is the date given for the LANL, Elements database and Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary links above. Mendeleev predicted that this element exists in 1871. The discovery article is in error. I will fix it. --mav
Is the Most Stable Isotopes part correct? 31 and 39 do not make 71...
- Yeah - it is. They're not supposed to. Nippoo 13:59, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Liquid elements
It is said here that gallium is liquid at room temperatures, like caesium, francium and mercury. In the "Rubidium" page it reads: "Rubidium is the second most electropositive of the stable alkaline elements and can be a liquid at room temperature". So, must it be added, or are there any missings? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 200.55.116.210 (talk • contribs) .
- The Rb melt temp is 102.8 F = 39.3 C. Room temperature is not well-defined scientifically, but I think just about anyone would object to 103 F as room temperature. It's a good hot tub temperature. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sbharris (talk • contribs) .
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- Note also that some articles which mention liquid elements only refer to "near" room temperature, not "at" room temperature, to complicate things further. Femto 14:00, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
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