Densest Building Materials

[Nate Laverdure]

Originally Posted by dtengineering

...Canadian pennies...

Didn't they stop minting those earlier this year?

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by Andy Baker

My weight is about 225 pounds. My volume is somewhere between 10,000-15,000 cubic inches (rough guess). If we assume the smallest volume of that range and divide 225/10,000 that equals 0.0225 lbs/in^3

I've always wanted to know how dense and Andy Baker was... Now we can use it as a standard unit of measure . For example, Aluminum is 4.44 Andy Bakers.


On a slightly less silly note, OP, don't forget that, while we don't have weight limits in FTC physics is a harsh mistress. The more your robot weighs the more energy it takes to accelerate it. Additionally, this year you have to lift/be lifted by your partner.

[JamesCH95]

Originally Posted by PAR_WIG1350

Because it's radioactive

Only a little bit.

Tungsten and it's alloys are the densest one can get without paying precious metal prices or being radioactive, and being readily available (yay McMaster!)

Tungsten from McMaster can be had for 0.0026kg/USD

[dtengineering]

Originally Posted by Nate Laverdure

Didn't they stop minting those earlier this year?

Yeah, but the darn things just won't go away. I think they are breeding like wire coat hangers or something.

Jason

[DonRotolo]

Originally Posted by dtengineering

I think they are breeding like wire coat hangers or something.

No, single socks get turned into hangers by the dryer.

Getting a Little more serious, one of the densest materials for the buck is something scrap that is laying around.

[DonRotolo]

Originally Posted by dtengineering

I think they are breeding like wire coat hangers or something.

No, single socks get turned into hangers by the dryer.

Getting a Little more serious, one of the densest materials for the buck is something scrap that is laying around.

[dtengineering]

Originally Posted by DonRotolo

Getting a Little more serious....

Oh, come on... it's the weekend. It's time to be wacky! How about a teaspoonful of Neutron Star?

http://io9.com/5805244/what-would-a-...star-do-to-you

Now technically, that might not pass tech, but if you somehow mange to get a teasponfull of neutron star and keep it from destroying the entire planet... well I'm not going to argue whether or not you're allowed to have it on your robot.

Jason