• Question: What is the most dense material on earth?

    Asked by mrinsanet to Asif, Laura, Lena, Sean, Viv on 19 Mar 2012.
    • Photo: Lena Ciric

      Lena Ciric answered on 19 Mar 2012:

      Apparently it’s osmium – a metal belonging to the same group as platinum. Its atomic number is 76 and it has a density of about 23 g/cm cubed. It’s usually found as an alloy in platinum ores.

    • Photo: Sean Murphy

      Sean Murphy answered on 19 Mar 2012:

      Paris Hilton. 🙂

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