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Re: Can we fill our wheels with water?

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Originally Posted by Hitchhiker 42 View Post
Try tungsten hexafluoride. It's 11 times denser than air. Though please don't use it with water together. It'll release hydrofluoric acid which is bad.

Oh, and it's toxic and corrosive. That might be a minus.
If you want to get real heavy I'd recommend pure lead wheels. They're about 12,000 times heavier than air.

Downsides: it's highly toxic and recognized as a carcinogen in CA.
Upsides: Basically everything else

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