20 interesting chemistry facts.
- The length of 100 million hydrogen atoms in one chain is one centimeter.
- About 7 mg of gold can be extracted from one ton of water of the World Ocean.
- Granite is considered to be the best conductor of sound in comparison with air.
- Water with methane can freeze at temperatures above 20 degrees Celsius.
- Iron can easily be converted into gas if it is heated to 5,000 degrees Celsius.
- Platinum used to be cheaper than silver because of its refractoriness.
- Finland has the cleanest water in the world.
- Boron is used to dye fire in green colors.
- Potassium can burn with purple fire.
- Cobalt is used to make magnets.
- Copper perfectly conducts a current.
- Germanium is used in mobile phones.
- Radon is considered the rarest element of the atmosphere.
- Mercury has the lowest melting point.
- Canaries feel methane in the air, so they are used to search for gas leaks.
- About thirty chemical elements are part of the human body.
- With carbon dioxide, a large number of other substances can be obtained.
- Dry ice is a solid form of carbon dioxide.
- Bromine can melt at room temperature.
- Spoons containing gallium can melt in hot water.