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A video of a set of iron nails that appear to melt after being placed on a black stone is viral on social media. It is claimed that this stone was found in Afghanistan. Viral messages claim that though the stone is cool from the outside, it can melt anything made of steel and iron when placed in contact. Twitter user kabirkhan488 shared the clip with the same claim.
( Link https://twitter.com/kabirkhan488/status/1465928768988463114?t=9UIRiRZfNxlMRwCYphWXdQ&s=19)
A few Facebook users also amplified the visuals and the accompanying claim.
( Link https://www.facebook.com/faiyaz.sayyed.3591/videos/637060113988059/)
It was also circulated by Pakistani users with this claim in Urdu.
( Link https://twitter.com/Sajid_Mehmood_5/status/1465036769561354240?t=GtN-9UwEjUwiYiYRXUzxeA&s=19)
Not a magical stone
We performed a reverse image search using stills from the video, which led us to an article on a website called masralyoum.net. It quotes M. Majid Abu Zahra, founder of the Jeddah Astronomy Society, as saying that the nails shown in the footage are made up of a metal called gallium. Its low melting point of around 29ºC explains why it easily melts when brought into contact with the stone. The article also contains a link to a Facebook post dated November 27, 2021, which mentions that even sunlight easily melts galium when placed on a warm surface.
With a keyword search, Alt News came across several such reports that verified other similar videos. For instance, an ABC10 news report from April 12, 2018. The video report mentions that the nail placed on the stone is made out of gallium, which has a melting point of 85.6°F. At this temperature, gallium can melt quite easily.
( Link https://youtu.be/RmCHdZ_v8tQ)
It is worth noting that the average temperature of the human body is around 98.6°F, which means that this metal can melt simply from human touch. However, it remains solid at room temperature. It also has an extremely high (4044°F) boiling point. Apart from gallium, other metals like mercury, cesium, and rubidium are also in a liquid state at room temperature, which is why they are used in thermometers.
Read the full story here:- https://www.altnews.in/stone-dissolve-iron-false-claim-that-its-a-miracle-stone-found-in-afganistan/?utm_source=website&utm_medium=social-media&utm_campaign=newpost