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minus-squareironhydroxide@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·24 days 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_city@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up6·24 days 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 ☑️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·24 days agoGood luck retrieving your giant tungsten payday from the murky depths now.
minus-squarePotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·23 days agoMost likely sodium, maybe potassium
minus-squarecows_are_underrated@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·24 days 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.
Good luck retrieving your giant tungsten payday from the murky depths now.
Catmium
Most likely sodium, maybe potassium
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)