my tution teacher has puzzled me with this question. plzzzzz help!
2006-08-03 22:54:01 · 16 answers · asked by kashyap s 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
Go ahead, take your pick.
Softest SOLID element: Sodium.
Softest LIQUID element: Cesium (metallic liquid, along with mercury and gallium, but the one that is the most "fluid". Definitely softer that any solid element)
Least dense Gaseous element: Hydrogen.
2006-08-04 07:08:40 · answer #1 · answered by da Benchee 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I do not know what the softest element is. But on the Moh's scale of hardness the softest is Talcum.
2006-08-04 03:42:05 · answer #2 · answered by tom4texas 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm going with shopgirl on this one. The word 'soft' implies that you can actually 'feel' it...or a measure of hardness...now really, gases would be the least dense but you can't really 'feel' them or test them.
Gold would be the softest solid in a hardness test (hitting it with a hardness tester or rolling/shaping it) but you can feel mercury and it is a liquid, so that'd be my vote.
2006-08-04 02:16:40 · answer #3 · answered by Leo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well to the guy who said it has to be a solid there are plenty of gases on the Periodic Table of the Elements. Yeah looking at there densitys I'd have to go with hydrogen
2006-08-03 23:08:42 · answer #4 · answered by Ryan b 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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This is the RIGHT answer!!! Now, I'm assuming normal room temperature, say 21°C. Gallium is a solid, but only until 29.7646 °C then it will become a liquid. So, @ room temperature, it is like butter in the summer.
2016-04-05 04:21:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say Mercury (Hg) is the softest element because it is a liquid at room temperature.
2006-08-03 23:03:42 · answer #6 · answered by Shopgirl9337 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The question is 'softest ELEMENT' so air and talcum are not qualified. The softest element should be gold (AU)
2006-08-03 23:01:39 · answer #7 · answered by Pierce 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
francium is the softest solid element in nature.
2016-07-01 21:21:37 · answer #8 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Talc is the softest mineral--the Moh scale rates minerals based on their strength--a diamond is 10, and talc is 1.
2006-08-04 04:56:11 · answer #9 · answered by cross-stitch kelly 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
gold
24 carat gold is the softest that is why it is mixed with copper to makeit rigid and becomes 22 karat and rest copper or 18 K and rest Copper
2006-08-03 22:57:42 · answer #10 · answered by swaze 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋