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Gallium (Ga)

 

GA1

Purity = 999
Image taken with 35mm camera with a 135mm lens, set at macro for close-up focusing, shutter speed = 1/250th of second in bright sun using 200 film and developed by Kodak 1 hour commercial labs and then digitized.
This Gallium was a semi-liquid when torch was applied and although very little sublimates was generated the color is accurate.

 

 

GA2


Image created with B&L SZ5 microscope @ 40 power, coupled to a ccd camera and computer.
Because the target is on the metal bead or in this case a peculiar looking blob the sublimate colors are slightly different than the above photo due to intensity of light source.