Osmium
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Osmium is the densest stable metal, packing significant weight into a very small volume.
With a density of about 1,410 pounds per cubic foot (22.59 grams per milliliter), osmium is the densest stable element. A 3-inch (7.6-centimeter) cube of the metal weighs approximately 22 pounds (10 kilograms). It is roughly twice as dense as lead and nearly twenty-three times heavier than an equal volume of water.
From Wikipedia
Osmium is a chemical element; it has symbol Os and atomic number 76. It is a hard, brittle, bluish-white transition metal in the platinum group.
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- How much does a cup of osmium weigh?
- One US cup of osmium weighs about 11.8 pounds (5,345 grams). That is roughly the weight of a bowling ball squeezed into a small measuring cup.
One cup weighs
11.8 lb (5.34 kg)
- One tablespoon
- 11.8 oz (334 g)
- One teaspoon
- 3.93 oz (111 g)
- Density
- 22.59 g/mL
Quick answer
One US cup of osmium weighs about 11.8 pounds (5,345 grams). That is roughly the weight of a bowling ball squeezed into a small measuring cup.
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