[quote=dtayl13;196514]
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Originally Posted by Dogtooth
Pardon my ignorance. It makes little difference to me as long as my flies sink as fast as I want them to. Lead may displace more water water than tungsten. The point is that my flies still sink bloody fast and there is very little if any noticable difference in the sink rates. Possibly one woolly bugger was sparser than the other.
[QUOTE=GGY;196829]
GGY, that's not my quoted words......those are from dtayl13 and his thoughts.
Please just make that clear or correct the mistake. It's quite clear if you read through the posts.
I know where my stance is on this discussion as I posted 12/7/11 and know for a fact my information is correct.
This is a copy of my transcript below that I posted earlier in the piece.
I'm sorry mate, but that information is simply not correct!
Atomic mass has nothing to do with what an object weighs in the context of your question/statement you refer to.
Atomic mass refers to the weight of protons, neutrons and electrons in a specific isotope. Every element on the planet has been assigned an atomic mass, and just because one is higher than the other does not mean it is neccessarily heavier.
It is a common misconception.
I think what you are referring to here is density as opposed to weight and which when compared would physically be attributed a greater weight measured in grams, milligrams etc.
As has already been pointed out, tungsten is approximately 70% heavier than lead because the density of the tungsten is 1.7 times that of lead.
It has already been suggested that gold as well as platinum are both heavier than tungsten which is true, and both are relatively easily mined.
If you want to get super technical, rare earth elements such as Iridium can also be included.
My only conclusion if your lead beads sink faster than your tungsten ones is that you have been duped as is evident by the article posted above.
Get back to the supplier and get a refund, and failing that, load up those spare tungsten beads into a shotgun cartridge and give them back with interest.