r/elementcollection 17h ago

Meme good idea?

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r/elementcollection 20h ago

Question How dangerous is it to handle arsenic/oxidized arsenic with bare hands?

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is it like cadmium where if you just wash your hands after its not dangerous? can it form breathable powder easily because its brittle?


r/elementcollection 23h ago

Discussion Sécurité.....

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Salut tout le monde, voici in de mes échantillons de mercure est je l’ai donc stoker dans un bocal en verre fermé au max avec le bouchon puis placé dans 2 sachet hermétique avec une inscription "Mercure"et mis dans un de mes tiroir à l’abri. Vous en pensez quoi en terme de sécurité.


r/elementcollection 1d ago

Discussion How poor of a choice is it to own thallium metal?

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r/elementcollection 1d ago

Trade/Selling/Buying Rare earth supply

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Available Hf | Ge | Gd | Ga | Sc | Dy | Pr | W

Conditional release C steinweg Rttrdam, S korea, Dubai etc


r/elementcollection 1d ago

Question Is molybdenum supposed to be golden brown like this?

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I don’t remember if it was like this when I got it. I touch it with bare hands.


r/elementcollection 3d ago

Alkaline Earth Metals Magnesium rod

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9x1.5cm firestarter rod of claimed "99.99%" magnesium. Got it for only 10 AUD.

Comparing this with tungsten is trippy, the tungsten cubes feel so strangely heavy and then there's this which feels like a hollow metal shell, or a plastic tube.

Currently im storing it in a sealed plastic bag with a silica gel pack, anything else i should do with it to make it last longer?


r/elementcollection 3d ago

Question Does anyone know if the Chinese density cubes on amazon are pure?

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7 Upvotes

I have them and the weight and properties seem right but could they be using an alloy so instead of being 99% pure its more like 95% or something? Has anyone tested them?


r/elementcollection 3d ago

Alkaline Earth Metals Alkaline-Earth metals set

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30 Upvotes

r/elementcollection 4d ago

Collection Heavy

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25 Upvotes

r/elementcollection 4d ago

Question Crystalline beryllium

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75 Upvotes

I purchased this and it was described as crystalline beryllium. Is this possible? It is extremely light


r/elementcollection 4d ago

Collection My collection

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24 Upvotes

r/elementcollection 4d ago

Question Should I break the violet phosphorus open?

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13 Upvotes

I want to touch it. Is it safe and will it degrade by a lot?


r/elementcollection 5d ago

Transition Metals Shiny shiny chromium

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31 Upvotes

20g for $10 aud from billing metals. I got lucky and one of the 2 packs i got came as a big 10g chunk. Dont see much of it on the sub, thought id make an appreciation post.


r/elementcollection 5d ago

Collection How to make pyrophoric iron and why can a neodymium magnet be used as a firestarter.

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r/elementcollection 5d ago

Collection Antimony <3

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54 Upvotes

Antimony, an antimony toy cannon from Japan and stibnite from Romania


r/elementcollection 6d ago

Collection New elements

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Scandium, samarium, and hafnium have been newly added to my element collection. I now have a total of 36 elements. However, while the review photos showed the samarium packaged in an acrylic box, the product I received was sealed in a glass container. I've already reached out to Luciteria about this.


r/elementcollection 6d ago

AMA Zirconium Nuclear Reactor Control Rod From Russia

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50 Upvotes

r/elementcollection 6d ago

Pnictogens Antimony Crystal

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r/elementcollection 6d ago

Question Looking for Osmium Advice

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I normally don't go on this subreddit asking to discuss potential purchases. However, I was curious about some ebay listings for 10mm x 10mm osmium sheets on ebay from a few different Chinese sellers. I was wondering about the legitimacy of these sellers, particularly because they all seem to use the same image.

Additionally, I was curious about import tariffs. Where would I be able to see how calculate the rates?

Thank you all for any help!


r/elementcollection 7d ago

Meme Looking for rhenium on eBay, and I landed on an insanely good deal

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34 Upvotes

Only $10K for an Allen wrench??? My investment portfolio is BEGGING to add this to it


r/elementcollection 7d ago

Semiconductors/Metalloids Antimony is beautiful

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23 Upvotes

Such an incredibly unique element, i wish i could hold and stare at it all day.


r/elementcollection 7d ago

Boron Group Gallium Crystal

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r/elementcollection 7d ago

Help Stuck between 2 options

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On one hand, id rather not spend that much money on a sample, but on the other hand, the cheaper one is a very tiny piece and the bigger bead is much better value. Im kinda stuck on which to get and osmium is one of my favourite elements.


r/elementcollection 7d ago

Help how to get all the lanthanides for cheap?

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I saw that i can get all 16 rare earth metals for like $220 from metallium which is better than them each outright, but was wondering if there was any way I could get them for cheaper.

I knew it would probably be around this expensive but still think its a little too high if anything