r/BeAmazed • u/_Shinplays • Jan 19 '25

Science Element Cubes

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u/Cockur Jan 19 '25

Title should read “company makes a few of the elements because the rest will fucking explode or kill you”

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u/dont_trip_ Jan 19 '25

A lot of the elements aren't even solid at room temperature with one atmosphere pressure. 

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u/ottersintuxedos Jan 19 '25

A lot of the elements are so rare you would make a cube that size exorbitantly expensive

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u/Fallawake88 Jan 20 '25

As far as I know there isn't enough enough of the element Astatine on Earth at any given time to make a cube that size...

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u/Steve_but_different Jan 20 '25

Looking at their catalog, it looks like they might be all different sizes. The uranium cube is only 1cm.

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u/millennial_engineer Jan 20 '25

She said that’ll do

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u/SimPilotAdamT Jan 20 '25

She didn't even feel it when I tried...

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u/redsensei777 Jan 20 '25

I personally prefer strontium-234

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u/Neutronium57 Jan 20 '25

Nah man. Californium is THE shit.

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u/redsensei777 Jan 20 '25

I forgot about it. I only can spend $375 million on Californium, that should be enough to fabricate one 1 cm cube.

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u/KeeganY_SR-UVB76 Jan 20 '25

Even if you do make an Astatine cube, it won’t be for very long…

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u/Fallawake88 Jan 21 '25

How true. Any weighable amount would instantly vaporize due to heat generated by its own radioactivity.

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u/Icy_Firefighter_7345 Jan 20 '25

You say that, but i have one in front of me that makes the air like my old crt

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u/Sequitur1 Jan 20 '25

We have more than enough as[s], we just lack the tatine.

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u/Exciting-Quiet2768 Jan 20 '25

Probably for the best, tbh