On Jan 14, 2006, at 3:36 PM, Peter Todd wrote:

> If you really want it to last forever, make it out of indium.
> That stuff just doesn't oxidise, better than gold in that
> regard. Also expensive, very, very expensive...

I think you mean something else, perhaps iridium?  Indium is neat
stuff, but it's very soft, oxidize moderately easily (Indium Tin
Oxide is the transparent conductive electrode on most LCDs), and
only about as expensive as silver (call it $1/gram.)  I've got a
good quantity of indium from eBay that I've used to make room
temperature liquid metals (with gallium.)

BillW

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