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Q:
dose titanium sink in water?
- Devon (age 12)
Seattle, WA
A:
Yup, a solid piece of titanium should sink nicely in water. Titanium,
according to my periodic table, has an average density of 4.51 grams
per milliliter, as compared to water's 1 g/ml, so it's 4.5 times as
dense.
You can make a little boat out of titanium and it should float,
but that's because you're really averaging in all the air in there.
Tom
(published on 10/22/2007)
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