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Whats the heaviest substance on Earth?

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  • ?
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    1 decade ago
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    the heaviest naturally occurring substance would be "depleted" Uranium. but if ur talking the heaviest thing on earth, it would be the core of the earth

  • 1 decade ago

    By firing atoms of metal at another metal, Russian and American scientists have discovered a new element -- No. 118 on the periodic table -- that is the heaviest substance known and probably hasn't existed since the universe was in its infancy.Ununoctium, as the new element is temporarily named, has no known use but inspired almost a decadelong pursuit by scientists on four continents.

  • 1 decade ago

    It's a common misconception but I think you are talking about density, not weight

    In physics, density is defined as mass m per unit volume V. Mathematically, it is expressed as

    ρ = m/V

    where, in SI units:

    ρ (rho) is the density of the substance, measured in kg·m-3

    m is the mass of the substance, measured in kg

    V is the volume of the substance, measured in m3

    It's the old 'which is heavier - a Kg of feathers or a Kg of Lead'? puzzler.

    from http://theodoregray.com/PeriodicTable/Elements/077...

    Osmium and Iridium are the two most dense elements in pure form. They are also very pretty metals, iridium particularly. Unlike osmium, iridium does not tarnish in air, and is in fact impervious to many forms of chemical attack, much like platinum. An alloy of 90% platinum and 10% iridium is widely used in both the jewelry and chemical industries, because it is strong, hard, beautiful, and impervious to almost all chemicals even at very high temperatures.

    Of course, the most dense sunstance might be me......

  • 1 decade ago

    Roentgenlum 111/272

    Discovered : by Hofmann and co-workers in 1994

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Nutrino's passing straight through the Earth

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Uranium is quite heavy, but the center core of earth probably beats that.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Ununoctium.

  • 1 decade ago

    Isn't it the most heavy, naturally occuring metal? I don't know about manufactured heavy metals, which are too unstable to exist naturally.

  • 1 decade ago

    Hmmm, I'm very sure it's uranium, with the lightest being hydrogen

  • 1 decade ago

    possibly me at the moment

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