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Some of the text in this entry was rewritten from Los Alamos National Laboratory - Gallium. Additional text was taken directly from USGS Gallium Statistics and Information, the Elements database 20001107 (via dict.org), Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (via dict.org) and WordNet (r) 1.7 (via dict.org). Data for the table was obtained from the sources listed on the main page and Wikipedia:WikiProject Elements but was reformatted and converted into SI units.

Normal human body temperature?

Hey Wikipedians!

I'd like to pose a question to the more experienced among you: should the following sentence from the Gallium summary be revised?

Elemental gallium is a liquid at temperatures greater than 29.76 °C (85.57 °F), and will melt in a person's hands at normal human body temperature of 37.0 °C (98.6 °F).

The reason I ask is because I was listening to an episode of Radiolab two days ago titled "Kleptotherms" (published May 5, 2021), and one of the primary things that was talked about was the fact that it is essentially a myth that the normal healthy human body temperature is 37.0°C or 98.6°F. I'm wondering, is it worth revising that line in the Gallium summary? Its inclusion seems quite inconsequential in this context, but the information is still technically inaccurate (from what I have heard/read), and allowing it to remain as-is may contribute to the perpetuation of this myth. That's why I'd like to defer to someone more familiar with Wikipedia's policies and standards so they can make a determination on what, if anything, should be done. Thanks! :)

(I only have a little experience when it comes to editing Wikipedia, and I'm still pretty new to the way things work. If I'm doing anything wrong here, please let me know. Constructive criticism is always welcome and greatly appreciated!)

--TheWizardG (talk) 04:07, 25 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi TheWizardG, it would be fine to change to read "temperature of around 37 °C" instead (see Human body temperature). Regardless of the precise value of body temperature, it is still always going to be much higher than the melting temperature of Ga. Polyamorph (talk) 19:59, 26 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2016

The GaN radio frequency device market alone was estimated at $370 million in 2016 and $420 million in 2016.[63]

Two 2016...what is the real year? --Nucleus hydro elemon (talk) 15:20, 7 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]