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Posted: 6/17/2023 12:26:28 AM EDT
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Wow - in this thread, we learn who grasps basic science and math, and who was smoking weed instead of paying attention in class.
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Posted: 6/17/2023 12:30:35 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: We are trying to understand the reasoning process of a woman. It's all parody. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted:  Is this a parody of something I missed? We are trying to understand the reasoning process of a woman. It's all parody. |
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Posted: 6/17/2023 12:31:10 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: This is the same process by which some women think setting the thermostat to 85 (and then forgetting about it) will get the house to 70 "faster" because they were feeling chilly. |
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Posted: 6/17/2023 12:34:52 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: What does one do with a cube of tungsten? |
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Posted: 6/17/2023 12:45:38 AM EDT
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The only reasonable solution is to crank up your oven and shove it in.
If that doesn't work, try the same thing again, but this time, use the cube instead. 
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Posted: 6/17/2023 8:23:50 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Dude your wife is right. Could be lead or mixture of pot metals that's the same density. That pesky damn Periodic Table....shit be crazy Yo ! |
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Posted: 6/17/2023 8:30:25 AM EDT
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What is the density?
Some of the members here need to think this over. Gram scale? Measuring displacement?? |
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Posted: 6/17/2023 8:44:48 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I would genuinely be pissed if my wife bought me a cube. You will get a cube and you will like it. 
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Posted: 6/17/2023 8:59:52 AM EDT
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Years back I replaced a bunch of depleted uranium counterweights with tungsten steel. The tungsten steel was less dense but I'm pretty sure pure tungsten is almost the same. Regulatory stuff aside, that's the only material I can think of that wouldn't cost considerably more. We kept the scrap weights in giant metal baskets, but they really weren't controlled like they probably should have. Engineers were using them as paperweights on their desks in the non-air conditioned hangar.
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Posted: 6/17/2023 9:02:44 AM EDT
[#10]
Picture of wife not loading.
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Posted: 6/17/2023 9:12:09 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: How much water does OP's cube displace? |
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Posted: 6/17/2023 9:15:51 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You will get a cube and you will like it. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I would genuinely be pissed if my wife bought me a cube. You will get a cube and you will like it.  Son of bitch, I'm always late to the current fads. I had about 500lbs of Tungsten sitting around the shop from a project that ran out of funding. I literally had to force the government to take it back; I could've retired making little cubical conversation pieces.
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Posted: 6/17/2023 9:17:39 AM EDT
[#13]
This is all so simple. Just drill a hole all the way through the tungsten and see if everything is the same throughout.
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Posted: 6/17/2023 9:25:24 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Years back I replaced a bunch of depleted uranium counterweights with tungsten steel. The tungsten steel was less dense but I'm pretty sure pure tungsten is almost the same. Regulatory stuff aside, that's the only material I can think of that wouldn't cost considerably more. We kept the scrap weights in giant metal baskets, but they really weren't controlled like they probably should have. Engineers were using them as paperweights on their desks in the non-air conditioned hangar. One of the young stars thought we were using tungsten for a little cruise missile airframe when I tasked her with digging up any average properties she could find for sizing the ballast installation. She was something else, I checked to find out whether she graduated from an ABET accredited school. She didn't find a damned bit of information. |
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Posted: 6/17/2023 9:39:42 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: When simple logic failed, my appeal to authority argument based upon my PhD in economics also failed. But I still haven't touched the savings account. Yet. I'm a Physician Assistant. I deal with this shit all the time. |
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Posted: 6/17/2023 9:49:15 AM EDT
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Quoted: Dude your wife is right. Could be lead or mixture of pot metals that's the same density. Quoted: I'm not sure you know what density is. No, I take that back. I'm sure you don't know what density is. Actually he is quite right. Lead is heavier than W so a combination of Pb and lighter metals will have the same mass as a W cube of the same dimensions. "Common metals in pot metal include zinc, lead, copper, tin, magnesium, aluminium, iron, and cadmium. The primary advantage of pot metal is that it is quick and easy to cast." |
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Posted: 6/17/2023 9:50:32 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: One of the young stars thought we were using tungsten for a little cruise missile airframe when I tasked her with digging up any average properties she could find for sizing the ballast installation. She was something else, I checked to find out whether she graduated from an ABET accredited school. She didn't find a damned bit of information. Yikes. I’ve only had one that was that dense (lol). She really felt under appreciated. Quit and ended up getting a job at NAVAIR. |
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Posted: 6/17/2023 9:52:55 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Actually he is quite right. Lead is heavier than W so a combination of Pb and lighter metals will have the same mass as a W cube of the same dimensions. "Common metals in pot metal include zinc, lead, copper, tin, magnesium, aluminium, iron, and cadmium. The primary advantage of pot metal is that it is quick and easy to cast." You sure about that? |
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Posted: 6/17/2023 10:09:51 AM EDT
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Degenerate neutronium is something like a trillion times more dense than tungsten (in Minecraft).
If you had a little bit of that, you could stick it in a cube that was mostly hollow. And it would still weigh the same as solid tungsten. Off to check eBay.... |
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Posted: 6/17/2023 10:45:01 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: This is the same process by which some women think setting the thermostat to 85° (and then forgetting about it) will get the house to 70° "faster" because they were feeling chilly. Holy shit! My wife does that. And refuses to listen how it does not make the house heat up faster. No matter how many times it's been explained to her by numerous people. |
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Posted: 6/17/2023 10:47:48 AM EDT
[#21]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I asked my wife what state the city of Philadelphia is in and she couldn't tell me. Women are dumb. That is because they have brain the size of squirrel. |
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Posted: 6/17/2023 10:48:58 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Tell your wife there is something denser in the room than the cube. See if it goes over her head. Or you get something thrown at you, like a cube of tungsten. |
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Posted: 6/17/2023 10:52:08 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Son of bitch, I'm always late to the current fads. I had about 500lbs of Tungsten sitting around the shop from a project that ran out of funding. I literally had to force the government to take it back; I could've retired making little cubical conversation pieces. |
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Posted: 6/17/2023 10:55:00 AM EDT
[#24]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Actually he is quite right. Lead is heavier than W so a combination of Pb and lighter metals will have the same mass as a W cube of the same dimensions. "Common metals in pot metal include zinc, lead, copper, tin, magnesium, aluminium, iron, and cadmium. The primary advantage of pot metal is that it is quick and easy to cast." I am speechless |
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Posted: 6/17/2023 10:58:52 AM EDT
[#25]
They probably put gold inside to keep the weight and save on tungsten.
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Posted: 6/17/2023 11:00:53 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Actually he is quite right. Lead is heavier than W so a combination of Pb and lighter metals will have the same mass as a W cube of the same dimensions. "Common metals in pot metal include zinc, lead, copper, tin, magnesium, aluminium, iron, and cadmium. The primary advantage of pot metal is that it is quick and easy to cast." ETA: 
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Posted: 6/17/2023 11:06:00 AM EDT
[#27]
How close are you to salt lake? I could xray it
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Posted: 6/17/2023 11:06:02 AM EDT
[#28]
If you’ve ever done any aircraft sheet metal work you know tungsten bucking bars are a lifesaver.
Small to fit in tight spaces, super heavy. |
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Posted: 6/17/2023 11:07:25 AM EDT
[#29]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Dude your wife is right. Could be lead or mixture of pot metals that's the same density. That's not how it works. |
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Posted: 6/17/2023 11:12:25 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Prison wallet Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: What does one do with a cube of tungsten Prison wallet That is a hell of a pessary |
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Posted: 6/17/2023 11:13:48 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Thank you. I'm glad someone here is upholding time-honored GD traditions.  This man prays to the old gods. |
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Posted: 6/17/2023 11:14:58 AM EDT
[#32]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Actually he is quite right. Lead is heavier than W so a combination of Pb and lighter metals will have the same mass as a W cube of the same dimensions. "Common metals in pot metal include zinc, lead, copper, tin, magnesium, aluminium, iron, and cadmium. The primary advantage of pot metal is that it is quick and easy to cast."  Attached File |
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Posted: 6/17/2023 11:18:52 AM EDT
[#33]
OP, following some of the advice in this thread:
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Posted: 6/17/2023 11:21:31 AM EDT
[#34]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I would genuinely be pissed if my wife bought me a cube. |
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Posted: 6/17/2023 11:21:34 AM EDT
[#35]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Actually he is quite right. Lead is heavier than W so a combination of Pb and lighter metals will have the same mass as a W cube of the same dimensions. Let's set aside the fact that Lead is NOT heavier than Tungsten, and that using the periodic table symbols doesn't make this sound smarter. You're suggesting somebody melts these two, Pb and W, and then mixes them? Melting point of lead = 621 F / 327 C Melting point of tungsten = 6,192 °F / 3,422 °C Do you see a problem here? |
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Posted: 6/17/2023 11:32:30 AM EDT
[#36]
I’d take a bunch of tungsten for Father’s Day… but only in the form of fishing weights.
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Posted: 6/17/2023 11:54:42 AM EDT
[#37]
As the tables shown, anything more dense are either more dangerous or more value than Tungsten
1.5" cube at 0.62 lbs/in^3 yields 2 pounds, which your weight is correct. Most general civilian have no understanding of math, science, chemical, and physics, and they learn from old wife's tale of people being fooled by painted lead. At ~$4/pound, why would anybody want to cheat, even thou lead is ~$0.50/pound. Cost you more to get a chemical analysis on the cube. |
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Posted: 6/17/2023 11:58:19 AM EDT
[#38]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Jesus H. Christ I am speechless Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Actually he is quite right. Lead is heavier than W so a combination of Pb and lighter metals will have the same mass as a W cube of the same dimensions. "Common metals in pot metal include zinc, lead, copper, tin, magnesium, aluminium, iron, and cadmium. The primary advantage of pot metal is that it is quick and easy to cast." I am speechless This is like the airplane on a treadmill thread all over again. |
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Posted: 6/17/2023 12:13:32 PM EDT
[#39]
None of the metals mentioned in this thread are the most dense thing in this thread.
Like liberals doubling down on wokeness, some people just keep doubling down on ignorance. |
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Posted: 6/17/2023 12:14:27 PM EDT
[#40]
Quote HistoryQuoted: This is like the airplane on a treadmill thread all over again. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Actually he is quite right. Lead is heavier than W so a combination of Pb and lighter metals will have the same mass as a W cube of the same dimensions. "Common metals in pot metal include zinc, lead, copper, tin, magnesium, aluminium, iron, and cadmium. The primary advantage of pot metal is that it is quick and easy to cast." I am speechless This is like the airplane on a treadmill thread all over again. Six: "All of this has happened before..." Baltar: But the question remains: does all of this have to happen again? |
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Posted: 6/17/2023 12:14:40 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryNo amount of logic or reasoning is going to reach some of these people. |
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Posted: 6/17/2023 12:15:16 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: If you've ever done any aircraft sheet metal work you know tungsten bucking bars are a lifesaver. Small to fit in tight spaces, super heavy. |
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Posted: 6/17/2023 12:15:17 PM EDT
[#43]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I'd take a bunch of tungsten for Father's Day but only in the form of fishing weights. 
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Posted: 6/17/2023 12:16:52 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yeah, that stuff is pretty expensive Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Son of bitch, I'm always late to the current fads. I had about 500lbs of Tungsten sitting around the shop from a project that ran out of funding. I literally had to force the government to take it back; I could've retired making little cubical conversation pieces.It's been a few years, but I recall it being on the order of $50,000. The delivery guys were like: "WTF is this stuff?" because it came on a 1/4-sized pallet and was only 4" tall; I think the scrap value was enormous as well - ~$7/lb for what amounted to a little cup full of tungsten dust/shavings. |
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Posted: 6/17/2023 12:18:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Let's set aside the fact that Lead is NOT heavier than Tungsten, and that using the periodic table symbols doesn't make this sound smarter. You're suggesting somebody melts these two, Pb and W, and then mixes them? Melting point of lead = 621 F / 327 C Melting point of tungsten = 6,192 F / 3,422 C Do you see a problem here? 
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Posted: 6/17/2023 12:22:34 PM EDT
[#46]
But if the cube was travelling close to the speed of light...
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Posted: 6/17/2023 12:24:56 PM EDT
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Ask her how the cheaper metals got inside.
As a journeyman machinist it would be more expensive to cut a piece of tungsten so that a cheaper metal could be assembled inside, and then make a cover out if tungsten so that you couldn't see any seams. Than to just buy a piece if tungsten and machine it square. The manufacturer would be removing tungsten to replace it with some other metals. Tungsten is .62 lbs per cu in and lead is .409 per cu inch. It isn't possible to do with lead, and any metal that is more dense than tungsten is more expensive. So tell her if it is "filled" with another metal then it is more valuable than tungsten. |
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Posted: 6/17/2023 12:26:20 PM EDT
[#48]
Quote HistoryQuoted: i'd take an inch and a half guardrail nut machined from tungsten so i can throw it on a loop of 550 cord. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I'd take a bunch of tungsten for Father's Day but only in the form of fishing weights. Not whiz bang tactical, but one shot to the grape, and it’s coloring books for Christmas. |
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Posted: 6/17/2023 12:26:26 PM EDT
[#49]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Dude your wife is right. Could be lead or mixture of pot metals that's the same density. See my post above. This is impossible. |
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Posted: 6/17/2023 12:30:04 PM EDT
[#50]
Talk to her about Archimedes, weight, volume, and density.
Then tell her to get her sassy ass back in the kitchen. |
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