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The accepted average density of Neptunium is 19.38 g/cm3 (it is radioactive with several isotopes with somewhat different inherent densities)
The average density of Mercury is 13.534 g/cm3
Since Neptunium is more dense than Mercury a sample would be expected to sink in Mercury
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∙ 7y ago
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∙ 7y agoThe answer depends on the shape of the neptunium object. Neptunium is approx 1.5 times as dense as mercury but in itself that does not tell you anything. Ships used to be made of iron which is approx 7.7 times as dense as seawater but most of floated quite successfully.
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∙ 9y agoNeptunium sink in mercury because is more dense.
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