The Picard ManeuverM to Lemmy [email protected] • 6 months agoThe grand prizelemmy.worldimagemessage-square125fedilinkarrow-up1930
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish23•6 months 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-squareatro_citylinkfedilink6•6 months 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-squareivanafterall ☑️linkfedilinkEnglish10•6 months agoGood luck retrieving your giant tungsten payday from the murky depths now.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•6 months 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)
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.
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.
Probably Potassium
K
Most likely sodium, maybe potassium
Good luck retrieving your giant tungsten payday from the murky depths now.
Catmium
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)