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In some jurisdiction these are illegal. Switzerland has "Precious Metal Control", so I think I can't import fake gold bars without the risk they being confisca
by _nalply 4y ago
In some jurisdiction these are illegal.
Switzerland has "Precious Metal Control", so I think I can't import fake gold bars without the risk they being confiscated. Not that I would want. I imported a tungsten cube, not as large as these in the Tiktok videos, but it is really a weird feeling to keep it in the hand. Tungsten is brittle and might break if you drop it and probably also the surface dropped on is in danger of getting a hole, so I feel a strange responsibility by just holding the cube.
https://www.bazg.admin.ch/bazg/en/home/topics/precious-metal-control.html https://www.bazg.admin.ch/bazg/en/home/topics/precious-metal...
Also the law:
https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/50/345_357_401/en https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/50/345_357_401/en
- fallingfrog 4y agoI bought a cube of tungsten and a cube of magnesium to teach my kids about density, and I was really surprised how dangerous it feels just to hold the tungsten. I only let them hold it a few inches above a table because that thing would break your foot if you dropped it! If you hold the magnesium and drop it one inch you get a delicate little “clop” and if you drop the tungsten one inch you get a solid “BANG”.
- foobarian 4y agoI got one of those sets too and was wondering how the heck they manage to cast a tungsten cube given how high the melting point is. But it turns out the actual process uses sintering. (At least for this super inexpensive set we bought)
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- sorenjan 4y agoIs tungsten really brittle, or are you actually referring to tungsten carbide? I often see people mixing those up.
- dmd 4y agoTungsten isn't brittle - but those cubes are sintered, not cast, and sintered metal is brittle.