He stared at the liquid that had been inside-an alcohol solution that would keep the metal flakes from corroding, as well as help the Allomancer drink them down.

Silver is soluble in moderately concentrated nitric acid so some or all of metal flakes will dissolve.

Recently, the metallic-skinned Ogon is being crossed with ginrin-scaled fish to create the ginrin Ogon with metallic skin and sparkling (metal flake) scales.

When an ion beam is focused on a particular spot, the metal flakes in the paint rotate to a perpendicular position and the paint darkens.

For bass, silicone skirts have recently dominated the field over hair or "living" rubber skirts because of all the available molded-in patterns, metal flakes, and incandescent colors.

As the grinding components cause metal flakes to shed from the system, the implant wears down.

It was night, and as the wind gusted down the iron chimney pipe, a shower of metal flakes spattered on to the wooden floor.

The rotten wood sagged from splitting hinges now just metal flakes held together by corrosion.

His favorite colors are smoke and smoke with metal flakes embedded in the plastic, but motor-oil color and white grubs also work well.

He upholstered the body and had the metal parts finished in candy-apple-red metal flake.