I was cleaning out a cabinet and came across about 20 lbs of Tungsten Alloy. I measured the density to be about 17.1 gm/cc. I know it is not much but I was trying to find the scrap value of this material. Any ideas? It is in a round bar stock form.
Tungsten Alloy Scrap Value?
Nov 11, 2006
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I would guess that it could fetch about $200 on ebay. I have tungsten filler rod (this is not a typo, it really is filler rod for filling welds in tungsten, not electrode) myself.
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One of our suppliers was going to charge us £600 (~$1000) this week for 30 lbs of 1.125 inch round bar (then they found a spare bit). If it is close to that size, email me and I will see if they want any more.
It's probably worth at least $15/pound once you know exactly what it is. I sold a batch of tungsten carbide inserts a few months ago and inquired about selling some tungsten bars at the same time. While the buyer
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able to quote a price on the carbide (~$7/lb) over the phone, they couldn't quote the tungsten without doing an assay and suggested I look for a local buyer.
I'd appreciate hearing anything you find out as I have 20 or 30 pounds myself.
Ned Simmons
That would make great bucking bars for aircraft rivetting work!
Cheers Trevor Jones
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