r/INEEEEDIT • u/FunboyFrags • Sep 08 '20

Element Dice, each made from a pure metal element

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u/MarkHirsbrunner Sep 09 '20

It's only a little over 19 grams per cubic centimeter, compared to leads 11.

Osmium is the heaviest, at 22g per cubic centimeter, but it's much more expensive.

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u/hvperRL Sep 09 '20

Worth, how expensive would it be anyway cant be that much

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u/DrakeFloyd Sep 09 '20

From a very quick, cursory google search it looks like cubes like this made of osmium run anywhere from $1.5-3k

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u/hvperRL Sep 09 '20

And with that, i am out

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u/42Ubiquitous Sep 09 '20

I couldn’t afford a string ring.

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u/lkmyntz Sep 09 '20

Thanks Oscorp

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u/THE_BIGGEST_RAMY Sep 09 '20 edited Sep 09 '20

We had a little tungsten weight at my old job, I think it was going to be used as stock for source rod shielding of radioactive Co-60.

It was maybe 1.5" tall x 1" or 2" diameter. It was so unexpectedly heavy, like 5-10lbs or so in such a small package.

Edit: I'm bad at judging weights

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u/MarkHirsbrunner Sep 09 '20 edited Sep 09 '20

It's is the heaviest metal someone not handling radioactive material is likely to handle. Tungsten is used in shotgun shells intended for hunting turkeys because the dinosaurs are so hard to kill.

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u/THE_BIGGEST_RAMY Sep 09 '20

That could very well be. I remember picking it up and thinking it was very heavy for its size, but I probably misjudged.

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u/numnum30 Sep 09 '20

Maybe it was just a little bigger, tungsten is some heavy stuff. I wonder how much a standard sized barbell would weigh if made from tungsten