I've decided to take up element collecting. What elements can I find around the house?

well, ones you can easily purify/isolate/find/buy OTC in pure form:

H, He, Li, C, N, O, Ne, Mg, Al, P, S, Cl, Ar, Fe, Co, Cu, Zn, Br, Ag, I, Pt, Au, Hg, Pb, and from what i've heard, Rh is very rare, but can be found in old jewelry.

 

other elements can be purchased online

reasonably pure copper from electrical wire. Carbon from pencils. silicon from pc chips. lI FROM BAttery's. Theres more.

as i mentioned. forgot the silicon though, thanks

ya, i guess they make some of those chips out of 99.999% silicon. To bad it is processed though, and doesnt realy look like elemental silicon. Oh, tungsten from lightbulb filiments. To bad its such a small amount, so forget it. hydrogen from electroysis of water. Also O2 from same method. sulfur form the pharmacy. just go here and look at his element colection for ideas. Theodoregray.com

thanks for reminding me of tungsten. cant believe i forgot that one as well.

 

also, Np and Am can be found

In teh smoke detecors. i also believe Na can be obatined in the house, although purifying and containing it pose a very minute problem

So, is the tungsten in lightbulb filliments fairly pure?

id imagine, to stay strong at high temperatures it must be pretty pure. plus, any contaminants might react at such temperatures and cause the filament to break.

You can find neodymium-iron-boron magents in good speakers. Theres so many but their not pure.

Don't forget Sn !

sn from where?

tin used to be used in foils. thanks for reminding me

silver solder is about 97% Sn.

lets see, what can you find inside a television. Isnt there a tungsten button or something inside cathode ray tubes, which are in televisions.

Lead from fishing weights, but not to pure