Now californium is considered as the heaviest naturally occurring chemical element.
Radon is one of the noble (inert gases), is radioactive (half-life of about 4 days, decaying to polonium), and is naturally occurring in relatively small quantities. Whether or not it is the heaviest of this group, I am not sure...perhaps someone else can verify.
There are 94 naturally occurring chemical elements in the universe. These elements range from hydrogen, the most abundant, to uranium, the heaviest naturally occurring element.
Uranium is the heaviest naturally occurring atom because it has the largest number of protons and neutrons in its nucleus compared to other naturally occurring elements. Its atomic number is 92, with an atomic mass of around 238 atomic mass units.
Uranium, number 92 is the last of the naturally occurring elements and, of course, it has 92 electrons.
Radon is the name of the heaviest noble gas.
Radon is one of the noble (inert gases), is radioactive (half-life of about 4 days, decaying to polonium), and is naturally occurring in relatively small quantities. Whether or not it is the heaviest of this group, I am not sure...perhaps someone else can verify.
Uranium is the heaviest naturally occurring actinide.
There are 94 naturally occurring chemical elements in the universe. These elements range from hydrogen, the most abundant, to uranium, the heaviest naturally occurring element.
Uranium is the heaviest naturally occurring atom because it has the largest number of protons and neutrons in its nucleus compared to other naturally occurring elements. Its atomic number is 92, with an atomic mass of around 238 atomic mass units.
Uranium, number 92 is the last of the naturally occurring elements and, of course, it has 92 electrons.
Uranium
Radon is the name of the heaviest noble gas.
It seems to be Californium, element #98. From Wikipedia, article on "Periodic table": The elements discovered initially by synthesis and later in nature are technetium (Z=43), promethium (61), astatine (85), francium (87), neptunium (93), plutonium (94), americium (95), curium (96), berkelium (97) and californium (98).
Either osmium or iridium. The densities are very close.
No, the three densest elements under ordinary conditions are osmium, iridium and platinum, in that order. Please see the link. *************************** However, mercury is the densest liquid at room temperature.
Radium: Plutonium does not occur naturally, and magnesium has a low density for a metal.
Osmium is the densest naturally occurring element and it is often considered the heaviest naturally occurring solid substance. However, man-made substances like depleted uranium can be even denser.