Who discovered Wood's Metal?

Question

please add anything else you know about this alloy...i can't find a shred of information about it besides general composition ANYWHERE on the internet.

Answer 1

Wood's metal, named for American metallurgist B. Wood, is also known as Lipowitz's alloy or by the commercial names cerrobend, bendalloy or pewtalloy. It is a fusible alloy that becomes liquid at approximately 70 °C (158 °F). It is a eutectic alloy of 50% bismuth, 26.7% lead, 13.3% tin, and 10% cadmium by weight.[1]