"The Davenport's" wrote in message
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If it wasn't my only one, I've got a sintered 5# block from work. An
unneeded engineering sample. I'll ask and see if they have any others,
but I don't think they'll have one for a couple of weeks/months. It is
weird how dense it is.

If you think tungsten's weird to handle, try gold, or even platinum. Both
are heavier, platinum by a considerable amount. It's about 10% heavier
than gold, which is about 12% heavier than tungsten. Both are very
strange to hold, and easily slip from your grip.

Harold

A few years ago, I had to machine some spot-weld electrodes out of
tungsten for a local customer...office manager came out to the shop to get
them, I pointed to the parts on my toolbox, she picked them up and
immediately dropped them.

Doesn't surprise me in the least. When I first started handling gold, I
often had it slip from my grip. You learn with exposure, but it's always
fun to hand someone their first experience.

Think of the conventional ingot of gold----400 troy ounces. About the size
of a modular masonry brick----and weighs a whopping 27.4285 pounds
avoirdupois.

Harold



All 4 of them broke into at least several pieces, one SHATTERED! I still
find a shard or two on occasion.

Mike