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Other uses include making custom-shaped apertures and blocks (for example, electron-beam cutouts and lung blocks) for medical radiation treatment, and making casts of keys that are hard to otherwise duplicate.
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and making custom metal parts, but its fumes are toxic, as well as being toxic on skin exposure. The alloy is named for
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soldering
Barnabas Wood
eutectic
fusible alloy
bismuth
lead
tin
cadmium
melting point

Rose's metal
modulus of elasticity
yield strength

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Eutectic
Bismuth
Lead
Tin
Indium
Cadmium
Thallium
Gallium
Antimony

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