element collecter looking for possible trades
 

well i am a recent element collecter and i have extras and i am also missing some elements and i was wondering if anyone is interested in trades

what i need:
k
Ca
Rb
Sr
Cs
Ba
Hf
Os
Te
Po
B
Th
U

I have extras of other elements i can trade or purchase from you

Hi Roger,

I don't collect elements, so I can't help you with trades. Just curious as to what elements you already have and how you store them.

here is what i currently have. i dont have the "rare earth" set yet but i am ordering them as a compleate set for $150 they are marked as purple in my picture.
i store them in little glass screw top vials and sealed glass ampules. some elements also need to be stored under mineral oil
http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/n...mentcopy-1.jpg

well i posted a picture of what i have but aparently it needs mod approval first

Hey Roger, you've done well. It's not a collection you'll ever complete though....................................... or is it? :p

no i cant ever have them all, but i can get all the non-radio active ones and of the man made ones i have Am which decays into Np so i have a very small amount of each. all the other man made ones arent possible since most of them were only created in labs with VERY short half lives and the fact that there isnt actually any currently on the earth for some of them.

the natural radioactive ones like At only exist in VERY small amounts in the natural decay of uranium and some of the other heavy radio actives.

uranium is actually easy to get....im going to order some from united nuclear. i can also order polonium from them but it only has a halflife of 138 days

Rubidium is a pain to find someone that will sell to an individual PLUS has it in stock. I managed to get some Cs ordered but i had to use a friends company....i got a prepaid CC and registered it as the company name so it looked like i was useing a company card, which is the only way they will sell to you but the shipping cost more then the actual product.