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JulesMaximus

JulesMaximus

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I was holding a block of material earlier today that was about 12" long x 6" wide x 3" tall and it was worth almost $12,000.

Can anyone guess what it was?

Update: Nobody got it. It was a block of Vespel SP-1.

I was doing cost estimates for manufacturing certain assemblies out of this material and was marveling at how freaking expensive this stuff is.
 
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Fenixgoon

Fenixgoon

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Joseph F said:
Big-ass bar of nickel?
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negative. nickel's density is close to steel, and about the same price as high-grade aerospace steel. that dimensions would only net you like...$2k worth of nickel, if that.

my guess is some sort of precious metal, but eh, i work in a materials lab, so we have tons of crap come through.
 
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Possessed Freak

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Wait wait... has HP switched to some solid based ink for their printers? $12k seems low though, maybe $12mil.
 
Joseph F

Joseph F

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@OP Hit-and-run post much?

Fenixgoon said:
negative. nickel's density is close to steel, and about the same price as high-grade aerospace steel. that dimensions would only net you like...$2k worth of nickel, if that.

my guess is some sort of precious metal, but eh, i work in a materials lab, so we have tons of crap come through.
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Ah, just re-read OP's post... I thought he said 12 feet long. xD
Now, my best guess is palladium.
 
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nonameo

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if you convert to something like zimbabwe dollars, maybe a submarine sandwich?
 
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