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The compressibility of Indium

Posted by Jordan Ross

Wednesday, June 13th, 2007

Not many people realize that Indium is actually 4 times softer than lead. In this picture you can see that with just a standard vise I could compress this penny into a .004" thick piece of Indium.

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Posted by Jordan Ross at 11:42 AM (June 13th, 2007)


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