Neil Lipson (10)

Neil sold me one of the best samples in the whole table: An ELEVEN POUND cylinder of tungsten. And he gave me a good price on it (I think). Neil sells tungsten bars on eBay, and this link should look up any auctions he has going right now. Tungsten is the most dense element that you can buy in any reasonable quantity (it's about 100 times cheaper than gold, which is almost exactly the same density). I highly recommend that everyone have some to surprise people with. Neil has sold a total of over 20 pounds of it to my co-workers, aided by the fact that we all work forWolfram Research (In case you don't get it, the symbol for tungsten is W, which stands for wolfram, the German name for tungsten.)
Email: Lipson@att.net

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Text and images Copyright (c) 2010 by Theodore W. Gray.
Cobalt
Cobalt Anode button
3D3D
Anode button.
Source: Neil Lipson
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 29 May, 2002
Price: $5
Size: 1.25"
Purity: >99%
Cobalt
Cobalt Odd-shaped nodule
3D
Odd-shaped nodule.
Source: Neil Lipson
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 10 January, 2003
Price: $5.50
Size: 2"
Purity: >95%
Nickel
Nickel Plate
Sound
Plate.
Source: Neil Lipson
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 29 May, 2002
Price: $10
Size: 2.5"
Purity: >99%
Zirconium
Zirconium Tungsten/zirconium alloy screw plug
3D3D
Tungsten/zirconium alloy screw plug.
Source: Neil Lipson
Contributor: Neil Lipson
Acquired: 18 December, 2002
Price: Donated
Size: 0.75"
Purity: 30%
Molybdenum
Molybdenum Cylinder
3D3D
Cylinder.
Source: Neil Lipson
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 29 May, 2002
Text Updated: 4 May, 2007
Price: $19
Size: 2"
Purity: 99.9%
Molybdenum
Molybdenum Nut and bolt, broken
3D3D
Nut and bolt, broken.
Source: Neil Lipson
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 15 August, 2002
Price: $13
Size: 1.5"
Purity: 92%
Molybdenum
Molybdenum Molybdenum nut
3D3D
Molybdenum nut.
Source: Neil Lipson
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 25 April, 2009
Text Updated: 25 April, 2009
Price: $13
Size: 0.4"
Purity: 92%
Tantalum
Tantalum Length of rod, bent
3D
Length of rod, bent.
Source: Neil Lipson
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 12 July, 2002
Price: $10
Size: 2"
Purity: >99.9%
Tungsten
Tungsten Surplus 11 pound metal cylinder
3D
Surplus 11 pound metal cylinder.
Source: Neil Lipson
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 29 May, 2002
Price: $315
Size: 3"
Purity: 96.3%
Tungsten
Tungsten Tungsten/zirconium alloy screw plug
3D
Tungsten/zirconium alloy screw plug.
Source: Neil Lipson
Contributor: Neil Lipson
Acquired: 18 December, 2002
Price: Donated
Size: 0.75"
Purity: 62%
Sample Group: Golf Equipment