Unknown metal, I need help guys and girls.

[jan nielsen]

A couple of years ago, I found this strange metal. The mass density is 14.0 it's slightly magnetic, I would be very happy for any replies. Thanks in advance.

 

[Tpmetal]

do you mean its slightly attracted to a magnet? or slightly magnetic as it attracts iron itself?

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

I'm going to guess it is a piece of Nickel. I'm not sure what units you used for a mass/density ratio..

Nickel is 8.90 g/cubic centimeter. It is also slightly magnetic (one of four pure metals that is).

 

[jan nielsen]

A magnet stick to the object, the object doesn't stick to metal, the calculation I have made is in metric numbers, I am confused because the weight of the metal is up there with precious metals.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

I use "Specific Gravity" to identify (pure) metals, and some alloys. Specific gravity is an expression of a material's density compared with the density of water. For example, the Specific Gravity of civil war simple cast iron (sometimes called pig-iron) is 7.0 to 7.1 (note, there's nothing metric about that -- it simply means cast iron is about 7 times as dense as water). Here's a link to a good webpage about Specific Gravity, and it includes a list of the SG of various common metals.
https://www.azahner.com/resources/metal-density

For a longer list of various metals' Specific gravity, go here:
http://www.isissteam.com/downloads/gravity-metals.pdf
Because it gives the data in kilograms, you need to put a decimal after the number of thousands... such as, gold's SD is 1930 so it translates at 19.320 in the "simple" comparison of its density with water's density.

 

[jan nielsen]

I use "Specific Gravity" to identify (pure) metals, and some alloys. Specific gravity is an expression of a material's density compared with the density of water. For example, the Specific Gravity of civil war simple cast iron (sometimes called pig-iron) is 7.0 to 7.1 (note, there's nothing metric about that -- it simply means cast iron is about 7 times as dense as water). Here's a link to a good webpage about Specific Gravity, and it includes a list of the SG of various common metals.
https://www.azahner.com/resources/metal-density

For a longer list of various metals' Specific gravity, go here:
http://www.isissteam.com/downloads/gravity-metals.pdf
Because it gives the data in kilograms, you need to put a decimal after the number of thousands... such as, gold's SD is 1930 so it translates at 19.320 in the "simple" comparison of its density with water's density.

The way I found the mass density, is by using the specific gravity method, I have not been able to find any metals as heavy as this, and that is slightly attracted to a magnet, it is not nickel it's way heavier than nickel.

 

[RTR]

A couple of years ago, I found this strange metal. The mass density is 14.0 it's slightly magnetic, I would be very happy for any replies. Thanks in advance.View attachment 1523946View attachment 1523947View attachment 1523947View attachment 1523948

Very interesting .All pieces have sharp angles(not weathered). Almost like they have been blown -up... Meteorite ?

 

[jan nielsen]

That was my initially thought, but what I can read on the internet says that most meteorites have a mass density of 7-8 and this metal is heavier than lead.

 

[RTR]

Why is the (4) rocks in the center a duplicate shot ?

 

[jan nielsen]

Yes something went wrong in the upload, there is two pieces of metal both with the same mass density found 20 meters from each other. The pieces looks like they fit together at some point in time.

 

[Gavinsdiscoveries]

meteorite, gallium? Good luck!

 

[Johnbrian]

meteorite, gallium? Good luck!

Gallium melts at 85.57 degrees F so it would melt in your hand, unlike M&Ms.

 

[Dylan.W]

Hey, There is a way you can tell for sure, Grab some ferric Chloride from amazon, Sand one side of the mystery metal, and dip the metal in the ferric chloride, then look at the crystal pattern of the metal, should look something like this

 

[jan nielsen]

Hey, There is a way you can tell for sure, Grab some ferric Chloride from amazon, Sand one side of the mystery metal, and dip the metal in the ferric chloride, then look at the crystal pattern of the metal, should look something like this View attachment 1525396

Hey Dylan, do you mean if the pattern looks like yours it would be a meteorite?