Elemental metallic 1 cm elemental cubes

These highly polished cubes are great educational tools

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Laser engraved. Highly polished. For true metal lovers!

• Size: 10x10x10mm
• Sample Purity: 99.9%
• Density: 13.31g/cm³
• Weight: 13.31g

Pure Hafnium Cube unlocked!

Each Hafnium cube is machined with precision to 10x10x10mm (0.39in) for 1 cm³ and highly polished by hand for hours to reach a mirror finish. Laser engraved! This is an heirloom piece that will last forever.

Hafnium is a chemical element with the symbol Hf and atomic number 72. Here are some interesting facts:

• It was discovered and first isolated by Dirk Coster and George de Hevesy in 1922.
• It is  a lustrous, silvery gray, tetravalent transition metal.
• It chemically resembles zirconium and is found in many zirconium minerals. 
• Hafnium is named after Hafnia, the Latin name for Copenhagen, where it was discovered.
• The mixed carbide tantalum hafnium carbide (Ta4HfC5) possesses the highest melting point of any currently known compound, 4,263 K (3,990 °C; 7,214 °F). Recent supercomputer simulations suggest a hafnium alloy with a melting point of 4,400 K.
• The low abundance and difficult separation techniques necessary make it a scarce commodity.

About Polar Metals

Polar Metals seeks to spice up your life with interesting and unusual metals in unexpected ways. So far, we have brought 25 Elements to you: Silver, Silicon, Germanium, Nickel, Chromium, Zinc, Niobium, Tantalum, Hafnium, Rhenium, Thulium, Lutetium, Scandium, Ruthenium, Platinum, Palladium, Gold, Iridium, Titanium, Cobalt, Copper Aluminum, Carbon, Iron and Tungsten.

*Note: Please wear gloves when handling.