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Posted by Joe AutoDrill on April 23, 2008, 4:38 pm
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> I'm looking for something even denser than lead. Ideally I'd like to
> fill up a small can, about pint-size, with scrap metal and get a
> weight close to 10kg (22 pounds). I might not make 22 pounds but if I
> could just get most of the way there it'd be good.
>
> Lead is of course much more available but only about 65% as dense. It
> takes me almost a quart of lead to get that much weight.
>
> Tungsten and uranium fall in this category. Anyone know of a good
> souce of these, or other heavy metals, as scrap metal? I suspect they
> show up in some aerospace junkyards... I've heard as depleted uranium
> being used as counterweights in aircraft. And both probably show up in
> armor-piercing weapons. I'm not fundamentally opposed to cutting or
> machining either of these to make the scrap fit into a can densely but
> I suspect they are not the best things to have floating around the
> shop as dust. Lead I can melt, but I don't think I can use a propane
> torch to melt tungsten or uranium, can I? I think Uranium filings
> would probably just burn...!!!
>
> Tim.
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Posted by Terry on April 23, 2008, 5:50 pm
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Tim:
http://skylighter.com/mall/chemicals.asp
Tungsten. Not scrap, but fine powder. Not cheap, either: $11/lb for
10 lb or more
Best -- Terry
On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 06:49:03 -0700 (PDT), Tim Shoppa
>I'm looking for something even denser than lead. Ideally I'd like to
>fill up a small can, about pint-size, with scrap metal and get a
>weight close to 10kg (22 pounds). I might not make 22 pounds but if I
>could just get most of the way there it'd be good.
>
>Lead is of course much more available but only about 65% as dense. It
>takes me almost a quart of lead to get that much weight.
>
>Tungsten and uranium fall in this category. Anyone know of a good
>souce of these, or other heavy metals, as scrap metal? I suspect they
>show up in some aerospace junkyards... I've heard as depleted uranium
>being used as counterweights in aircraft. And both probably show up in
>armor-piercing weapons. I'm not fundamentally opposed to cutting or
>machining either of these to make the scrap fit into a can densely but
>I suspect they are not the best things to have floating around the
>shop as dust. Lead I can melt, but I don't think I can use a propane
>torch to melt tungsten or uranium, can I? I think Uranium filings
>would probably just burn...!!!
>
>Tim.
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Posted by Ned Simmons on April 23, 2008, 9:18 pm
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>Tim:
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>http://skylighter.com/mall/chemicals.asp
>
>Tungsten. Not scrap, but fine powder. Not cheap, either: $11/lb for
>10 lb or more
>
Cheap enough that it must be a mistake. Maybe that's the price per
ounce? Here are prices from 3 years ago, approaching $20/lb in ton
quantities. (you need to pay to get current data).
http://www.metalprices.com/FreeSite/metals/w/w.asp
W has been climbing steeply since. I know tungsten carbide scrap has
more than doubled since 2005.
--
Ned Simmons
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Posted by on April 23, 2008, 9:22 pm
Please log in for more thread options > Tim:
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> http://skylighter.com/mall/chemicals.asp
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> Tungsten. =A0Not scrap, but fine powder. =A0Not cheap, either: =A0$11/lb f=
or
> 10 lb or more
>
> Best -- Terry
>
So get some of that, a bunch of epoxy and mix up some heavy composite
and cast the item. Heavy on the tungsten powder and light on the
epoxy.
Stan
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Posted by Randy on April 24, 2008, 9:07 am
Please log in for more thread options On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 06:49:03 -0700 (PDT), Tim Shoppa
>I'm looking for something even denser than lead. Ideally I'd like to
>fill up a small can, about pint-size, with scrap metal and get a
>weight close to 10kg (22 pounds). I might not make 22 pounds but if I
>could just get most of the way there it'd be good.
>
>Lead is of course much more available but only about 65% as dense. It
>takes me almost a quart of lead to get that much weight.
>
>Tungsten and uranium fall in this category. Anyone know of a good
>souce of these, or other heavy metals, as scrap metal? I suspect they
>show up in some aerospace junkyards... I've heard as depleted uranium
>being used as counterweights in aircraft. And both probably show up in
>armor-piercing weapons. I'm not fundamentally opposed to cutting or
>machining either of these to make the scrap fit into a can densely but
>I suspect they are not the best things to have floating around the
>shop as dust. Lead I can melt, but I don't think I can use a propane
>torch to melt tungsten or uranium, can I? I think Uranium filings
>would probably just burn...!!!
>
>Tim.
How about mallory metal, it's used to balance engines.
http://www.mallory.com/english/engmats.htm
Thank You,
Randy
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> fill up a small can, about pint-size, with scrap metal and get a
> weight close to 10kg (22 pounds). I might not make 22 pounds but if I
> could just get most of the way there it'd be good.
>
> Lead is of course much more available but only about 65% as dense. It
> takes me almost a quart of lead to get that much weight.
>
> Tungsten and uranium fall in this category. Anyone know of a good
> souce of these, or other heavy metals, as scrap metal? I suspect they
> show up in some aerospace junkyards... I've heard as depleted uranium
> being used as counterweights in aircraft. And both probably show up in
> armor-piercing weapons. I'm not fundamentally opposed to cutting or
> machining either of these to make the scrap fit into a can densely but
> I suspect they are not the best things to have floating around the
> shop as dust. Lead I can melt, but I don't think I can use a propane
> torch to melt tungsten or uranium, can I? I think Uranium filings
> would probably just burn...!!!
>
> Tim.