The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 year agoThe grand prizelemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square129linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareatro_city@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoThrow it in the water! I want to se what happens!
minus-squareironhydroxide@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoIt sinks. Tungsten isn’t reactive with water, it’s not an alkali metal. Sodium, lithium, potassium etc (alkali metals) would react violently with water though.
minus-squareda_cow (she/her)@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoA frankium cube that big would be neat. Only downside is, that half of it is decayed after like 7 Minutes(if I remember correctly)
minus-squareatro_city@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoI was remembering it wrong. Oops. In chemistry class, we had a professor who put a cube of some material into water and it skidded along the surface making very angry noises. Can’t remember which element that was.
minus-squarepotoooooooo ☑️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoGood luck retrieving your giant tungsten payday from the murky depths now.
Throw it in the water! I want to se what happens!
It sinks.
Tungsten isn’t reactive with water, it’s not an alkali metal.
Sodium, lithium, potassium etc (alkali metals) would react violently with water though.
A frankium cube that big would be neat. Only downside is, that half of it is decayed after like 7 Minutes(if I remember correctly)
I was remembering it wrong. Oops. In chemistry class, we had a professor who put a cube of some material into water and it skidded along the surface making very angry noises. Can’t remember which element that was.
Catmium
Good luck retrieving your giant tungsten payday from the murky depths now.
Probably Potassium
K