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Lead Floats (Posted on 2004-02-25)

How can one get lead to float? Assume it is in a lump, not made into a boatlike shape, nor carried in a boatlike device.

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Rubidium, Gallium, Cesium and Bromine are also liquid at room temperature --but none is dense enough to make Lead float, so Mercury seems the only answer.

Posted by e.g. on 2004-02-25 10:38:49

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