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Question

i need to find out a fasvinating fact about a element of my choice but im soo stuck please help!!!!
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Answer 1

People used to believe by putting mercury in loaves of bread and letting these loaves float down a river would find a dead body.

Answer 2

Not quite sure what element you would choose - here are two:

Here is a brief description of unununium.

Standard state: presumably a solid at 298 K
Colour: unknown, but probably metallic and silvery white or grey in appearance
Classification: Metallic
Element 111 was discovered on 8th December 1994 at the GSI in Darmstadt, Germany. Further information on element 111 is here (outside WebElements). The information following is an abstract of this source. The interested reader should consult the on-line version of The Wonderful World of Atoms and Nuclei (outside WebElements) for a fascinating insight into research on "super-heavy" atoms. Chemically, element 111 should be in the same group as the elements copper, silver, and gold (Group 11).

Isolation
Here is a brief summary of the isolation of unununium.
Only a few atoms of element 111 have ever been made through a nuclear reaction involving fusion of an isotope of bismuth, 209Bi, with one of nickel, 64Ni.

209Bi + 64Ni 272Uuu + 1n

Isolation of an observable quantity has never been achieved, and may well never be.
*********************OR MUSHROOMS???**********************
I always had a fascination for mushrooms and fungi. Scientifically they don't belong to the flora nor fauna kingdom. They have that fairy-tale atmosphere hanging around them. The mysterious way they pop up seemingly out of the nothing.
They have that surprise element, because you didn't plant them. I think they give an enriching dimension to a natural garden.
Autumn is their peak season, so I thought it being the appropriate time to give them some extra attention --------- This could be used as an intresting fact!!!!!


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Answer 3

Hydrogen gas was used in lighter-than-air balloons for transport but is far too dangerous because of the fire risk (the Hindenburg disaster)

In ancient egypt, silver was more precious than gold. And in the New World, the conquistador Pizarro was said to have had his horses shod with silver horseshoes because there was so much silver in the area but so little lead.

Answer 4

Go with Ben's answer because it's the most interesting. You can impress your teacher further by referencing Huck Finn (they float loaves with mercury to try and find Huck's body when he runs away because they think he's dead. The loaves provide a good meal for Huck and runaway slave Jim):
He goes to Jackson’s Island being careful not to be seen. Next morning, he sees a boat passing with Pap, Judge and Becky Thatcher, Tom Sawyer and Aunt Polly, and some of Huck’s young friends. They shoot a cannon ball over the water and float loaves of bread with mercury inside in an attempt to locate Huck’s corpse. Huck, careful not to be seen catches one of the loaves and eats it.

And here's some more regular info:
The metal is widely used in laboratory work for making thermometers, barometers, diffusion pumps, and many other instruments. It is used in making mercury-vapor lamps and advertising signs, etc. and is used in mercury switches and other electronic apparatus. Other uses are in making pesticides, cercury cells for caustic soda and chlorine production, dental preparations, anti-fouling paint, batteries, and catalysts.

Answer 5

carbon - next to hydrogen is the most abundant element on earth. Carbon occurs in all organic life and is found in 8 forms Eight (Types) allotropes of carbon: Diamond, graphite, lonsdaleite, C60, C540, C70, amorphous carbon and a carbon nanotube. carbon is used in pencils to increasing the strength of steel.

Answer 6

copper is named after the island of Cyprus. The latin for Cyprus is cyprum, and this has changed over the centuries to cuprum, which is copper in latin.

Answer 7

Every element is made out of hydrogen!

EVERYTHING IS MADE OF HYDROGEN!