Ed Pegg Jr (42)

Ed is arguably responsible for almost all the donated elements, because it was only through his featuring of my table on his math puzzle website (mathpuzzle.com), which started the slashdot discussion, that other people became aware of it. He also helped engrave all the atomic weights and densities.

Click any element tile below to get the full entry for that element, or click on the sample picture to go directly to the description of that sample.

Text and images Copyright (c) 2010 by Theodore W. Gray.
Previous  Next  Page: 1 2 3
Beryllium
Beryllium Crystalline lumps, 99.9%
3D3D
Crystalline lumps, 99.9%.
Source: Tom Salow
Contributor: Ed Pegg Jr
Acquired: 18 July, 2002
Text Updated: 4 May, 2007
Price: $10/gram
Size: 0.4"
Purity: 99.9%
Boron
Boron Outrageous price quote

Outrageous price quote.
Source: Ed Pegg Jr
Contributor: Ed Pegg Jr
Acquired: 15 July, 2002
Price: $0/Nothing
Size: 1"
Purity: 0%
Boron
Boron Very Odd Lump
3D
Very Odd Lump.
Source: David Franco
Contributor: Ed Pegg Jr
Acquired: 16 August, 2002
Text Updated: 11 August, 2007
Price: $12
Size: 0.5"
Purity: 99.9%
Boron
Boron Silly putty
3D3D
Silly putty.
Source: Ed Pegg Jr
Contributor: Ed Pegg Jr
Acquired: 10 December, 2002
Text Updated: 11 August, 2007
Price: Donated
Size: 1"
Purity: 2%
Carbon
Carbon Pyrolytic graphite
Video
Pyrolytic graphite.
Source: Science Toys
Contributor: Ed Pegg Jr
Acquired: 15 April, 2002
Price: $2
Size: 1"
Purity: >99%
Fluorine
Fluorine Freon-22

Freon-22.
Source: Ed Pegg Jr
Contributor: Ed Pegg Jr
Acquired: 11 September, 2002
Text Updated: 20 November, 2008
Price: $0
Size: 18"
Purity: 44%
Aluminum
Aluminum Tiny cylinder

Tiny cylinder.
Source: David Franco
Contributor: Ed Pegg Jr
Acquired: 19 August, 2002
Text Updated: 11 August, 2007
Price: Donated
Size: 0.2"
Purity: 99.99%
Aluminum
Aluminum Japanese coin
3D3D
Japanese coin.
Source: Japan
Contributor: Ed Pegg Jr
Acquired: 6 September, 2002
Text Updated: 9 April, 2009
Price: Donated
Size: 0.5"
Purity: >90%
Sample Group: Coins
Chlorine
Chlorine Table salt NaCl

Table salt (NaCl).
Source: Grocery Store
Contributor: Ed Pegg Jr
Acquired: 20 May, 2002
Price: $0.25/pound
Size: 2.5"
Purity: 50%
Titanium
Titanium Strange lump
3D
Strange lump.
Source: Ed Pegg Jr
Contributor: Ed Pegg Jr
Acquired: 18 December, 2002
Price: Donated
Size: 1"
Purity: 38%
Vanadium
Vanadium Tiny cylinder

Tiny cylinder.
Source: David Franco
Contributor: Ed Pegg Jr
Acquired: 19 August, 2002
Text Updated: 11 August, 2007
Price: Donated
Size: 0.2"
Purity: >99%
Chromium
Chromium Vapor grown crystals

Vapor grown crystals.
Source: SoCal (Nevada), Inc
Contributor: Ed Pegg Jr
Acquired: 5 August, 2002
Price: $10
Size: 0.1"
Purity: >99%
Iron
Iron Precision steel micro-bearings

Precision steel micro-bearings.
Source: New England Miniature Ball Corp
Contributor: Ed Pegg Jr
Acquired: 15 April, 2002
Price: $5/1000 (which is not a lot of bearings)
Size: 0.03"
Purity: >95%
Iron
Iron Strange lump
3D
Strange lump.
Source: Ed Pegg Jr
Contributor: Ed Pegg Jr
Acquired: 18 December, 2002
Price: Donated
Size: 1"
Purity: 62%
Gallium
Gallium Round ingots
Sound3D
Round ingots.
Source: eBay seller estuff
Contributor: Ed Pegg Jr
Acquired: 8 May, 2002
Price: $50/20 grams
Size: 0.5"
Purity: >99%
Bromine
Bromine Hot tub salt NaBr

Hot tub salt (NaBr).
Source: Hardware Store
Contributor: Ed Pegg Jr
Acquired: 20 May, 2002
Price: $1/pound
Size: 2.5"
Purity: 77%
Yttrium
Yttrium Good-sized Lump
3D
Good-sized Lump.
Source: David Franco
Contributor: Ed Pegg Jr
Acquired: 16 August, 2002
Price: $21
Size: 0.5"
Purity: 99.99%
Zirconium
Zirconium Fake Emerald

Fake Emerald.
Source: Pehnec Gems
Contributor: Ed Pegg Jr
Acquired: 15 July, 2002
Text Updated: 7 April, 2009
Price: $10
Size: 0.4"
Purity: 74%
Zirconium
Zirconium Tiny cylinder

Tiny cylinder.
Source: David Franco
Contributor: Ed Pegg Jr
Acquired: 19 August, 2002
Text Updated: 11 August, 2007
Price: Donated
Size: 0.2"
Purity: 99.6%
Niobium
Niobium Tiny cylinder

Tiny cylinder.
Source: David Franco
Contributor: Ed Pegg Jr
Acquired: 19 August, 2002
Text Updated: 11 August, 2007
Price: Donated
Size: 0.2"
Purity: 99.98%
Previous  Next  Page: 1 2 3