Yeah it’s amazing how heavy the 2” one is in your hand. It’s too bad they aren’t cheaper… I don’t carry if the dimensions are accurate to 0.001” and 99.9% purity or whatever. A big lump of tungsten would be just as cool
Although sitting on the little plastic stand, it looks like a Borg ship from star trek
Yeah it’s amazing how heavy the 2” one is in your hand. It’s too bad they aren’t cheaper… I don’t carry if the dimensions are accurate to 0.001” and 99.9% purity or whatever. A big lump of tungsten would be just as cool
Although sitting on the little plastic stand, it looks like a Borg ship from star trek
i have a wedding band made of tungsten, very heavy ring,
As do my wife and I.
We originally had Platinum rings which scratched very easily so we keep those in a safe place and wear the tungsten ones day to day. The tungsten rings are heavy and almost impossible to scratch, just don’t drop them as they are quite brittle.
Ha wow…. Yeah some bozos on YouTube dropped the 4 inch off towers and smashed through things. I have a zero tolerance tactical pen with a tungsten carbide tip and man that thing will shatter a brick
Ha wow…. Yeah some bozos on YouTube dropped the 4 inch off towers and smashed through things. I have a zero tolerance tactical pen with a tungsten carbide tip and man that thing will shatter a brick
No wonder ballpoints are made of that stuff, it is seriously tough.
yes tungsten is denser than gold, if that is important to you!
i have some tungsten carbide rings, just be sure to get jewelry grade, some of the cheap ones get dark grey pretty fast
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"You never have the wind with you - it's either against you,or you're having a good day." Daniel Behrman, "The Man Who Loved Bicycles". It never gets easy, you just go faster. -Greg Lemond. ,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¸
"You never have the wind with you - it's either against you,or you're having a good day." Daniel Behrman, "The Man Who Loved Bicycles". It never gets easy, you just go faster. -Greg Lemond. ,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¸
Perhaps “alloy” was the word I was looking for. I wonder if it’s possible to mix metal A with metal B, heat treat etc, and come up with an alloy that’s denser than either pure A or B metal
Perhaps “alloy” was the word I was looking for. I wonder if it’s possible to mix metal A with metal B, heat treat etc, and come up with an alloy that’s denser than either pure A or B metal
This reminds me of the Demolition Ranch video on Youtube with one of those 2” cubes.
He placed it on a table and shot at it with various different firearms. Most didn’t even scratch it.
Even the 50 cal Armor Piercing round barely managed to put a small divot in the side.
Apparently those cubes are really tough.
They outta just rename it tuffsten.
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“In many things in order to truly understand the small picture you have to understand the big picture first.”
True Color Rendition (TCR)/Simplified Definition:
“On a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the highest rating, a TCR will equate to what true colors you see in sunlight vs the same object’s colors you see when illuminated with a flashlight. The closer the two are, the higher the TCR rating will be.”
Don’t confuse the carbide version (alloy) with the elemental version.
The base metal is heavy but is also easy to drill, file, saw, or machine cut with normal tools into whatever shape you want. It will not crack if you drop it on your foot or floor.
The carbide is hard, brittle and not as dense since it is 50% carbon atoms. This will crack if dropped or hit with a hammer or thrown in your tool box to bang around. You can’t file, drill, saw or cut it with normal tools.
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Now i used to think that i was cool,
drivin' around on fossil fuel,
until i saw what i was doin',
was drivin' down the road to ruin. --JT
Don’t confuse the carbide version (alloy) with the elemental version.
The base metal is heavy but is also easy to drill, file, saw, or machine cut with normal tools into whatever shape you want. It will not crack if you drop it on your foot or floor.
The carbide is hard, brittle and not as dense since it is 50% carbon atoms. This will crack if dropped or hit with a hammer or thrown in your tool box to bang around. You can’t file, drill, saw or cut it with normal tools.
I think the one Demolition Ranch shot with a 50 caliber armor piercing round from a Barrett was not an alloy. It didn’t shatter.
I just picked up yet another hobby to become obsessed with. High end custom slingshots. Most people shoot steel or lead balls but it occurred to me that tungsten ones would be super dense with more energy.
I guess I’m missing something… but what do you do with one of those cubes?
You club an intruder in the head with it, when your 1911 jams.
Worth the $389.
Chris
It would be cool if they made a rubik’s cube out of that stuff… I don’t mean filling an existing cube with tungsten pieces, I mean all out of that stuff with that nice finish.
I looked it up. It is cool. Hard to justify the $$.
Some time ago I bought some 1 Kilo copper bars. Also cool. Unlike Tungsten, these were like $12 or so.
Yeah it’s amazing how heavy the 2” one is in your hand. It’s too bad they aren’t cheaper… I don’t carry if the dimensions are accurate to 0.001” and 99.9% purity or whatever. A big lump of tungsten would be just as cool
Although sitting on the little plastic stand, it looks like a Borg ship from star trek
Tungsten Borg cube, that would be effing awesome!
i have a wedding band made of tungsten, very heavy ring,
As do my wife and I.
We originally had Platinum rings which scratched very easily so we keep those in a safe place and wear the tungsten ones day to day. The tungsten rings are heavy and almost impossible to scratch, just don’t drop them as they are quite brittle.
cloggy
This reminds me of the Demolition Ranch video on Youtube with one of those 2” cubes.
He placed it on a table and shot at it with various different firearms. Most didn’t even scratch it.
Even the 50 cal Armor Piercing round barely managed to put a small divot in the side.
Apparently those cubes are really tough.
Ha wow…. Yeah some bozos on YouTube dropped the 4 inch off towers and smashed through things. I have a zero tolerance tactical pen with a tungsten carbide tip and man that thing will shatter a brick
No wonder ballpoints are made of that stuff, it is seriously tough.
yes tungsten is denser than gold, if that is important to you!
i have some tungsten carbide rings, just be sure to get jewelry grade, some of the cheap ones get dark grey pretty fast
"You never have the wind with you - it's either against you, or you're having a good day."
Daniel Behrman, "The Man Who Loved Bicycles".
It never gets easy, you just go faster. -Greg Lemond.
,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¸
Yeah I’m completely fascinated by it. Couldn’t figure out why people buy these things. Even the 1 inch weighs like 2/3 of a pound.
Totally random musing… i wonder if it’s possible to make a compound or other material that’s a lot denser than this?
they are not much more dense but WAY more expensive!
Osmium 22.6 g/cm^3.
Iridium 22.4 g/cm^3. …
Platinum 21.45 g/cm^3. …
Neptunium 20.2 g/cm^3. …
Plutonium 19.84 g/cm^3. …
Tungsten 19.35 g/cm^3. …
Gold 19.32 g/cm^3. …
Uranium 18.95 g/cm^3. …
"You never have the wind with you - it's either against you, or you're having a good day."
Daniel Behrman, "The Man Who Loved Bicycles".
It never gets easy, you just go faster. -Greg Lemond.
,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¸
Perhaps “alloy” was the word I was looking for. I wonder if it’s possible to mix metal A with metal B, heat treat etc, and come up with an alloy that’s denser than either pure A or B metal
It is possible. Steel is an example.
They outta just rename it tuffsten.
“In many things in order to truly understand the small picture you have to understand the big picture first.”
True Color Rendition (TCR)/Simplified Definition:
“On a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the highest rating, a TCR will equate to what true colors you see in sunlight vs the same object’s colors you see when illuminated with a flashlight. The closer the two are, the higher the TCR rating will be.”Tungsten is one of the hardest and densest metals on earth. It trades its hardness for brittleness though.
When fidget spinners were all the rage, I bought a small tungsten one from a boutique company. I love the heft of it in the hand.
Anode for a makeshift short arc light engine using a TIG welder with HF start?
Don’t confuse the carbide version (alloy) with the elemental version.
The base metal is heavy but is also easy to drill, file, saw, or machine cut with normal tools into whatever shape you want. It will not crack if you drop it on your foot or floor.
The carbide is hard, brittle and not as dense since it is 50% carbon atoms. This will crack if dropped or hit with a hammer or thrown in your tool box to bang around. You can’t file, drill, saw or cut it with normal tools.
Now i used to think that i was cool,
drivin' around on fossil fuel,
until i saw what i was doin',
was drivin' down the road to ruin. --JT
I think the one Demolition Ranch shot with a 50 caliber armor piercing round from a Barrett was not an alloy. It didn’t shatter.
I just picked up yet another hobby to become obsessed with. High end custom slingshots. Most people shoot steel or lead balls but it occurred to me that tungsten ones would be super dense with more energy.
I guess I’m missing something… but what do you do with one of those cubes?
https://www.flickr.com/photos/akrylamid/
Can someone post a link
I have no idea what it is.
Jimo
Sure I bought a 2” and it came with a “free” 1”
https://midwesttungsten.com/tungsten-cube/
Mine mostly sits on my desk like a Borg ship… it’s fun to see the look on someone’s face when they lift it.
I want a 12”
At those prices, a 12” would weigh 500 lbs (227 kg) and cost $81,000.
best i can do is $450
You club an intruder in the head with it, when your 1911 jams.
Worth the $389.
Chris
Haha that’s funny
Just one more thing for my wife to haul off to Goodwill when I pass.
It would be cool if they made a rubik’s cube out of that stuff… I don’t mean filling an existing cube with tungsten pieces, I mean all out of that stuff with that nice finish.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/akrylamid/
I thought of designing tabletop gaming dice like for D&D. A 20 sided die that weighs a pound
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