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Default I want to buy a solid piece of pure tungsten, 3 to 15 lbs.

Adam Corolla wrote:
Anyone have a solid piece of pure tungsten (98% pure or better) they might
want to sell? I'd like a piece weighing three to five pounds, but up to
fifteen pounds is OK if the price is good enough.


x-ray tubes use tungsten for the electrode/target. Nearly always round,
as the modern ones spin. I know that GE Medical Systems scraps out the
field returns, because a friend of mine runs the operation.
members.chello.nl/~h.dijkstra19/image/nago2.jpg
from this page:
http://members.chello.nl/~h.dijkstra19/page5.html

If the anode looks like something you'd be able to work with let me
know, I can see if they can sell the parts to individuals rather than
for scrap.