This basic list of ten elements are the “heaviest” in terms of density per cubic centimeter.
However, please note that density is not mass, it just describes how tightly packed the mass is.
Now that we understand, let’s take a look at the heaviest elements in the entire known universe… (The main image is a bismuth crystal that didn’t make the list)
Tantalum
10 – Tantalum (density per cubic cm: 16.67 g)
The atomic number of tantalum is seventy-three.
Uranus
9 – Uranium (density per cubic cm: 19.05 g)
Discovered in 1789 by the German chemist Martin H.
8 – Tungsten (density per cubic cm: 19.26 g)
Tungsten exists in four different minerals and is also the heaviest of all elements known to play a biological role.
Gold
7 – Gold (density per cubic cm: 19.29 g)
They say money doesn’t grow on trees, but gold does!
Small traces of gold have been found in the leaves of pine trees.
6 – Plutonium (density per cubic cm: 20.26 g)
Chameleon of the elements.
5 – Neptunium (density per cubic cm: 20.47 g)
Named after the planet Neptune, it was discovered by Professor Edwin McMillan in 1940.
It was also the first synthetic transuranic element in the actinide series to be discovered.
4 – Rhenium (density per cubic cm: 21.01 g)
Rhenium comes from the Latin “Rhenus” meaning “Rhine” and was discovered by Walter Noddack in Germany in 1925.
Platinum
3 – Platinum (density per cubic meter cm: 21.45g)
One of the most precious metals on this list (other than gold) and it’s used to make almost everything.
Not much (Try doing it with gold).
2 – Iridium (density per cubic cm: 22.56 g)
Smithson Tennant discovered it in London in 1803, finding it in the residue left when raw platinum had been dissolved!
Yes, discovered by accident.
Osmium
1 – Osmium (density per cubic cm: 22.59 g)
It will not be heavier (per cubic cm) than Osmium.
Oddly enough, the name comes from the Greek term osme, which means smell!
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