Talk:Wood's metal

message: I'm skeptical of the teaspoon claim. Can anyone produce a citation for that? —BenFrantzDale 22:40, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Uncle Tungsten includes an account by Oliver Sacks of making gallium teaspoons for the same purpose.  Gallium isn't toxic, btw.Joel 16:41, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The teaspoon claim has since been removed.  Adrian J. Hunter(talk•contribs) 11:12, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Teaspoons? 

message: Bearmetal  is a trade name of an alloy known between model train afficionados. Its melting point is the same as Wood's metal. Do I suppose correctly it is the case? --Shaddack 17:08, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I've seen the alloy sold under several brand names. Several years ago I bought a one pound ingot of it from a supplier that called it Ostalloy-158. The had several such alloys in their catalog, all branded Ostalloy-xxx with the "xxx" being the melting temperature (F). -- RTC 23:44, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've removed the mention of bearmetal since there seemed to be doubt and I couldn't find a reference. Adrian J. Hunter(talk•contribs) 11:12, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bearmetal? 

message: Is this the same Wood of Wood's glass? (I'm guesssing not since they are cited as professors of different universities.) —Ben FrantzDale 11:54, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The German and Dutch wiki pages cite Robert Williams Wood, but Web searches for "Wood's metal"+"Robert Williams Wood"/"Robert Wood" come up rather empty. Quote Wjbeaty when he created this article: "Anyone know Dr. Wood's full name?" Not much progress yet, huh. Femto 14:03, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: "After B. Wood, 20th century American metallurgist" - Merriam-Webster's Unabridged Dictionary. It's at least a start. Femto 16:36, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Barnabas Wood, American dentist and inventor. Equinox ◑ 20:54, 20 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Who is Wood? 

message: It looks to me that the three articles (Cerrobend, Lipowitz's Alloy and this one) describe the same thing. GregorB 17:30, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree.--71.198.82.11 15:21, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've merged the articles here, and will convert the others to redirects.  Adrian J. Hunter(talk•contribs) 11:12, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I didn't include the link to the Cerro metal company homepage, as it did not provide any information not in this article. Adrian J. Hunter(talk•contribs) 11:17, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge?

message: This looks like an freeriding ad page, but since it's describing a trademark owned by the company, it's a welcome addition to wikipedia. Nobody should feel the need to engage into heavy editing on this page, other than the trademark owner, this is not considered squatting a generic topic. Also, very nice info, but still, even if no percentages given, metals used in Cerrosafe®, Cerrolow® would be nice (any lead, or toxic stuff?) Since it's a freeriding ad page, it might be nice to consider a small donation to the wiki foundation if you directly benefit from it, such as finding a customer through this site. Sillybilly 08:16, 30 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Old comment copy-pasted from the [[Talk:Cerrobend|Cerrobend talk page]] for convenience 

message: PLEASE EXPLAIN METAL ALLOY AND METAL ALLOY CASTING DIFFERENCE.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.92.88.19 (talk) 09:33, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  METAL ALLOY AND METAL ALLOY CASTING DIFFER 

message: Please add a table of physical properties (thermal and electrical conductivities etc) to this article.
-71.174.182.182 (talk) 01:26, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Physical properties 

message: Whose bright idea was it to include a eutectic that includes Thallium of all the unholy metals and then not mention that Thallium is positively lethal compared to Cadmium?  This is negligence so far over into the criminal that the mind boggles Plaasjaapie (talk) 05:47, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bi-Pb-Sn-Cd-In-Tl 

message: This section states that "contact with the bare skin is thought to be harmful", however I was under the impression that metals like lead and cadmium are not absorbed through skin in any significant amount. For example: https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/phs/phs.asp?id=46&tid=15#bookmark04
http://www.cadmium.org/environment/cadmium-exposure-and-human-health
http://www.inchem.org/documents/pims/chemical/cadmium.htm#SectionTitle:5.3%20%20%20Dermal
https://books.google.ca/books?id=gfeNKOXFjAoC&lpg=PA111&ots=deUFNWPYQ4&dq=cadmium%20dermal%20absorption&pg=PA111#v=onepage&q=cadmium%20dermal%20absorption&f=false  — Preceding unsigned comment added by CrinklyCrunk (talk • contribs) 18:25, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Toxicity 

message: This redirect really confused me, because Cerrowlow 136 is not the same thing as Wood's metal as all. I also have access to a lot of material properties on Cerrowlow that I think deserve to be on their own page. Is there any reason not to do this?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Calculuschild (talk • contribs) 20:58, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Moving Cerrolow 136 redirect to its own page