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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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| Comment 25 of 34 |

1) Make it float in a bowl of mercury. You didn't say it had to float in water.

2) Or, take it into space and let it float in zero Gs.

Posted by Lisa on 2004-04-21 09:44:52

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