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Simular to how a flat piece of bread floats on the SURFACE of water, is it possible to create a flat and thin enough piece of metal capable of floating on the atmosphere? It is possible to float a flat rock, density is not the issue.
Question asked by: Eagleclaw

Asked on: 20 Feb 2010

Not a solid metal no because the atoms are packed too tightly together in the metal for this to be possible.

I'm guessing at the answer but I can't imagine a piece of metal floating away into the atmosphere like for instance helium can as presumably its atoms would need to be arranged less densely than air which sounds odd.
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Replied at: 21 Feb 2010
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