Although pure tungsten is very brittle, MTS made an alloy of a few different metals that makes it much more resilient. Some of the cubes that we make don't come out picture perfect, but we think they deserve a second chance. Serving as a unique display piece, a substantial paperweight, or a notable collector's item, these cubes provide an engaging, tangible interaction with one of the densest elements.

Its solid construction and impeccable finish make it an ideal collector's item, scientific tool, or gift for enthusiasts who appreciate the remarkable properties of tungsten. Pure tungsten is actually soft, so the popularised cubes have to be made into compounds to build their strength.

MTS had seen sales spikes before and would occasionally experience a flutter of activity after a science blog or YouTube video featured one of its metallic novelty cubes, spheres, or fidget spinners. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. The superior finish and precision finishing of each cube emphasize the inherent beauty of tungsten, making them not only visually striking but also tactilely satisfying. There are other pure elements that are more dense, but you wouldn't want them on the top of your desk.

I got the tungsten cube because of an answer on Quora to the question, “What is the most beautifully satisfying physics-based desk toy? Block references the neighborhood blocks where we find our sellers, a blockchain, block parties full of music, obstacles to overcome, a section of code, building blocks, and of course, tungsten cubes.Machined from aerospace grade tungsten, this tungsten alloy cube is an excellent contemporary addition for your desk at work or bookshelf at home. Most ancient bronzes survived because they were hidden underground or underwater; any left out where they could be gotten at, were. I don’t have much experience with straight tungsten but WC [tungsten carbide] should fare better corrosion wise, it takes some pretty exotic stuff to corrode it.