Elements at Walmart (31)

It's amazing how many elements you can buy in reasonably pure form at Walmart: My list currently contains 31 elements. (When I say "Walmart" I really mean any combination of grocery store, hardware store, and pharmacy. Walmart just happens to be the most common and most diverse store most people in the US would be familiar with.) To get on this list, an element has to be available in such a store in reasonably pure form, not in an alloy or compound. Platings (e.g. chrome plating) do count, and in some cases it may be necessary to dig the element out from inside a consumer product. Note that if you look at any individual element, I may not have actually gotten the sample from Walmart, and the sample might not even be of the kind of thing you can actually get there. I hope to have such samples filled in eventually.

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.
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Rhodium
Rhodium Rhodium plated Ring with Tanzanite
Plating on jewelry (very shiny)

Source: MrValue Jewelry
Contributor: Ed Pegg Jr
Acquired: 20 July, 2002
Price: $10
Size: 0.75"
Purity: >90%
Silver
Silver
Jewelry

Tin
Tin Lead-free fishing weights
Lead-free fishing weights

Source: Walmart
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 24 April, 2002
Price: $14/10 bags of weights
Size: 1.25"
Purity: >95%
Sample Group: Fishing Weights
Xenon
Xenon
Flashlight bulbs and camera flashes

Tungsten
Tungsten
Incandescent bulb filaments

Platinum
Platinum Spark plug
Jewelry and spark plugs

Source: Auto Parts Store
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 10 January, 2003
Text Updated: 11 August, 2007
Price: $5
Size: 3"
Purity: >90%
Sample Group: Spark Plugs
Gold
Gold
Jewelry

Mercury
Mercury Tilt switch from old thermostat
Thermostat switches

Source: Hardware Store
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 15 April, 2002
Text Updated: 11 August, 2007
Price: $10/new thermostat
Size: 1"
Purity: >95%
Lead
Lead 9mm bullets
Fishing weights, bullets

Source: Gun Shop in California
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 15 April, 2002
Text Updated: 11 August, 2007
Price: $0.20/bullet
Size: 0.5"
Purity: >95%
Bismuth
Bismuth
Eco-friendly shotgun shot

Americium
Americium Smoke detector element
Smoke detector ionization detectors

Source: Hardware Store
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 15 May, 2002
Text Updated: 11 August, 2007
Price: $10/smoke detector
Size: 0.075"
Purity: >90%
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