Yesterday i made a campfire and threw yet unidentified metal in it.
Said metal melted, and i have collected 206g of it.
Density is ~6.24g/cm3.
What material can this be?
I've tried to look it up but got nowhere.
It's more than twice as heavy as aluminium, but about half the weight of lead.
The fire had very hot moments and contained lots of charcoal and aluminium cans (that did not melt).
>METRIC SYSTEM ONLY
>>8075923
I filled it up to 600ml and added the metal.
The density is a bit inaccurate as i had to measure the water level with a millimeter ruler.
>>8075923
Seems like tellurium, honestly you just have to google the density and you get a metal that matches what you described almost perfectly.
It's tin
>>8075923
Looks like tin to me. It's a common metal in cans.
What the hell is this autistic shit who gives a fuck
>millions upon millions of pixels
>completely out of focus
Fuckin plebs.
>>8075978
Go jack off to this if focus makes you horny.
The dirt is some of the ash.
either zinc or tin, that's the only shit that will melt in a camp fire which looks like what you posted
http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/metal-alloys-densities-d_50.html
http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/melting-temperature-metals-d_860.html
>>8076003
That sounds anout right.
I guess it's zinc judging by the pics on google.
I don't think it's strong enough to cast a non-decorative knife out of it.
Thanks all of you for helping.
>>8076035
Measure the density properly
You know why they only label it up to 600 mls? Because that's where it stops being accurate
>>8076135
The largest piece of metal is higher than 500ml
>>8076151
It should all have (about) the same density. Take the small fragment and weigh it, then put it in the water.
>>8075923
think that's the same stuff they found at Roswell
>>8076218
I can't measure it accurately enough to weigh and submerge smaller pieces
I'm pretty sure it's zinc
pic related, i melted some zinc yesterday and this is how it look like, also you can easily break it in half
Solder!
>>8076281
Yeah, zinc or tin with air pockets in it.
I hope you people realise molten zinc releases toxic gasses. People who weld with zinc have to wear special respirators (most just try to avoid the zinc) to prevent zinc poisoning.
>>8075973
>it was a frame for a table or something
It's a zinc-aluminum-magnesium casting alloy, AKA "pot metal." It's used in most cheap Chinese products containing metal because of its low melting point and low cost.
Since it's a mixture of the three metals, none of the densities match. The percentages of each of the three metals will tend to vary, but zinc tends to be the dominant component, which is reflected by the density that you measured.
>>8076462
Oh shit, really? How bad for your health are the fumes? I was experimenting with heat treating some zinc alloy a while back and was noticing it was outgassing a bit, though I didn't have respirator.
>>8076462
no
http://www.theodoregray.com/periodictable/zincsafety.html
>>8076483
OP here, this entirely matches the material.
It reminded me of aluminium by it's shine, colour, and feel.
And now you say it, i kinda recognize the magnesium.
Thank you.
>>8076625
I don't know what i'm going to do with it.
It's not strong.
Any ideas are welcome.
Maybe i'll cast a metal dick with balls or something 4chan related.
I got about 33 cm3.
20 dollars says it isnt one metal but a mixture of many.
