Butwedecidedwe'd goaheadanyway, and I'm goingtohavetoanalyzethespoontofindoutwhatitis.
Allthesemetalsthatmeltedlowtemperature, a socalledEloise, theirmixturesofdifferentmetalswhichdon't crystallizeverywell.
Soatlowtemperatureyoucanmeltthemmuchlowertemperaturethantheindividualmetals, andtheyusuallycontainedlead, sometimes 10 sometimescadmium, sometimesindiumandthey'renamedafterthepeoplethathavediscovered, um, there's Rosealloy, whichmeltsat 98 degrees, which I thinkis a bithigherthanthetemperaturethatNeilwasusing.
Itdoesn't have a greatscientificpurpose, butsometimesthere's somescientificphenomenonthatyou'vereadaboutandyou'd reallyliketoseewithyourowneyes, sosayingthiswasreallyquiteexciting.
Neilhasfinallydoneanexperimentformethat I reallywantedtoseeformany, manyyears.