Saturday, 15 October 2011

MATTER FACTS

LOWEST MELTING POINT:
Since mercury melts at -38.8 degrees centigrade, it is liquid at room temperature. Mercury is used in thermometers because it expands as it is heated.

HIGHEST MELTING POINT:
The temperature must be 3,652 degrees centigrate before carbon will melt two-thirds as hot as the sun's surface.

RAREST ELEMENTS:
Astatine is the rarest element on Earth.
Rhodium is the scarcest metal in the world just 3 tonnes are mined every year.

HEAVIEST METAL:
A 33 cm3 cube of osmium weights 640 kg equivalent to ten people each weighing 64 kg, or a small car.


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