Conceptual Physics (12th Edition)
12th Edition
ISBN: 9780321909107
Author: Paul G. Hewitt
Publisher: PEARSON
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The uranium atom is the heaviest and most massive atom among the naturally occurring elements. Why, then, isn’t a solid bar of uranium the densest metal?
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