Of course, if it is pure osmium then it will react with the Oxygen in the air and form Osmium Tetroxide which is a very volatile and poisonous vapor that can be breathed in readily.
On Jun 8, 2012, at 7:47 AM, Terry Schieler wrote: > What's Kriptonite going for these days? > > W0FM > > -----Original Message----- > From: kevinr [mailto:kev...@coho.net] > Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2012 5:29 PM > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] ! > > 6 x 2 x 0.5 gives 6 cu in. Which is 98 cubic centimeters. at 22.5 gm/cc > that gives 2212 gms. The going price for a gram of osmium is $61 which makes > your weight cost about $134,947 not counting machining, mounting, plus > shipping and handling. Quite the fancy weight for your rig Wayne :) > > Kevin. KD5ONS > > > > On 6/7/2012 3:19 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote: >> stan levandowski wrote: >> >>> What a rig!... >> Thanks, Stan. Glad you like it. >> >> >>> I am a violent bug basher who requires at the very least 6 lbs of >>> dead weight.... >> Alternative: With the KX3 up on its tilt stand there's enough >> clearance to a chunk of metal to the back, say 6 x 2 x 0.5 inches. You >> could use steel or lead (boring!), or make your KX3 truly unique by >> using osmium, tungsten, indium, etc. >> >> Wayne >> N6KR >> >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email >> list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
