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tfunk
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Location: Dublin, Ireland
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| JustJohn wrote: |
Water is probably up there, actually. No idea what the most dense is though. |
Huh? You're joking, right? |
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Rae
Joined: 10 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 2:14 pm Post subject: |
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| Bigfeet wrote: |
Has to be a fruitcake!  |
I second this! |
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billybrobby
Joined: 09 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 7:10 pm Post subject: |
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Are there any chemistry majors on this board? I think we need to find the most dense edible element or compound or whatever.
From carrying groceries home, I'll tell you that liquids seem the most dense, but may be just because they maximally fill up their containers.
I also agree that corn syrup seems very dense. |
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Underwaterbob
Joined: 08 Jan 2005
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| Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 7:35 pm Post subject: |
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Depends on what you mean by edible I suppose. You can ingest small amounts of mercury and not die, it's density is around 13g/cm^3 (if I'm remembering correctly). I'm not sure if the same could be said of Osmium, the densest naturally occurring element (22.61g/cm^3, meaning a liter of it weighs 22.61kg, I looked that one up)
Gold is very dense (19g/cm^3?) and relatively benign. I'm sure you could ingest quite a bit of it safely. I wouldn't try the same with lead. |
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JustJohn
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 11:30 pm Post subject: |
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Alright, let's standardize this. All results must be reported in grams per cubic centimeter (g/cm3). I managed to find
Water: 1.0
Fruitcake: 1.26
Sugar: 1.59 |
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SuperHero
Joined: 10 Dec 2003
Location: Superhero Hideout
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| Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 11:52 pm Post subject: |
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| beef jerky |
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ChopChaeJoe
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 8:23 am Post subject: |
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| Wheat roast is pretty dense, probably moreso than peanut butter. |
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Nowhere Man
Joined: 08 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 12:54 pm Post subject: ... |
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After further consideration, I'm switching to Grape Nuts.
That's essentially a bowl of gravel. |
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MollyBloom
Joined: 21 Jul 2006
Location: James Joyce's pants
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| Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 4:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Underwaterbob wrote: |
Depends on what you mean by edible I suppose. You can ingest small amounts of mercury and not die, it's density is around 13g/cm^3 (if I'm remembering correctly). I'm not sure if the same could be said of Osmium, the densest naturally occurring element (22.61g/cm^3, meaning a liter of it weighs 22.61kg, I looked that one up)
Gold is very dense (19g/cm^3?) and relatively benign. I'm sure you could ingest quite a bit of it safely. I wouldn't try the same with lead. |
Goldschlager! |
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billybrobby
Joined: 09 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 7:15 pm Post subject: |
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| Underwaterbob wrote: |
Depends on what you mean by edible I suppose. You can ingest small amounts of mercury and not die, it's density is around 13g/cm^3 (if I'm remembering correctly). I'm not sure if the same could be said of Osmium, the densest naturally occurring element (22.61g/cm^3, meaning a liter of it weighs 22.61kg, I looked that one up)
Gold is very dense (19g/cm^3?) and relatively benign. I'm sure you could ingest quite a bit of it safely. I wouldn't try the same with lead. |
I guess 'edible' was the wrong word. I mean something traditionally thought of as food or an ingredient of food. Mercury isn't food. |
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Underwaterbob
Joined: 08 Jan 2005
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| Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 8:22 pm Post subject: |
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Not really ingredients but part of food:
Iron: 7.87 g/cm^3
Zinc: 7.14 g/cm^3
and actual ingredients:
Salt: 2.165 g/cm^3
Baking Soda: 2.2 g/cm^3
Baking soda is in the lead.
http://hypertextbook.com/physics/matter/density/ |
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ReeseDog
Joined: 05 Apr 2008
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| Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 8:30 pm Post subject: |
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| Rae wrote: |
| Bigfeet wrote: |
| Has to be a fruitcake! |
I second this! |
Only in Great Britain. |
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ReeseDog
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tigerbluekitty
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| Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 11:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Korean rice cake. Drops like a stone. |
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that guy
Joined: 29 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 4:18 pm Post subject: |
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Hardtack
It's like chewing a brick. |
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