January 10, 2005
Getting a Handle On It
From time to time I find myself at parties where a dresser is being burned in someone's back yard. I don't know why this keeps happening, but it does. At the most recent such party, Jason noticed one of the drawer handles droop and then release a silvery liquid which looked a lot like mercury. The base metal inside the brass-coated handle had melted.
It eventually cooled into a solid piece of metal, which I saved. I wondered what it was made of. My guess was Zinc.
Using the ESEM at work, I can now tell you that I was mostly right.
Posted by cradle at January 10, 2005 6:19 PMThat rulez!
Posted by: T11S at January 10, 2005 8:33 PMWhat we need is more science!
Posted by: Brooke at January 10, 2005 8:45 PMway to abuse the university equipment. i'm writing this from my cell phone! I am so cool.
Posted by: kan at January 10, 2005 10:09 PMYou are 1337, Kan.
Posted by: David at January 10, 2005 10:26 PMSpeaking of zinc, I just found out that really fashionable bars (bcbg's) are usually made of zinc. (like instead of copper at chez Franklins) Well they always have yellow tinted light above them and the effect is really cool. Plus, they are the shiniest things, ever. Really, ever.
I'm glad you weren't touching high quantities of mercury.
I meant to say "in France" at the end of the first sentence. Sorry.
Posted by: Anonymous at January 11, 2005 5:45 AMYou forgot to mention the cremation of the clay transformers!
Posted by: Robin at January 12, 2005 11:25 AMhehehe
Posted by: shannon at January 13, 2005 7:49 AM